A01F 15/0825
Regulating or controlling density or shape of the bale
Official title: {Regulating or controlling density or shape of the bale}
A01F15/0825 (Regulating or controlling density or shape of the bale) appears on 405 US grants and 390 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01F- Granted patents
- 405
- Published applications
- 390
- Assignees
- 74
- Inventors
- 485
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2005 | 2 | 10 |
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| 2007 | 13 | 5 |
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| 2021 | 28 | 29 |
| 2022 | 18 | 11 |
| 2023 | 21 | 20 |
| 2024 | 12 | 19 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 |
| 2026 | 14 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Bale moisture measurement6 Oct 2026US 12,751,375 B2Deere & Company
- Moisture sensor for round balers15 Sep 2026US 12,736,495 B2Deere & Company
- Controlling bale weights25 Aug 2026US 12,714,030 B2CNH Industrial Belgium N. V.
- Baler and method and apparatus for determining uniformity of the density of a round bale28 Jul 2026US 12,690,523 B2McHale Engineering
- Baler system and a method of operating the baler system7 Jul 2026US 12,672,610 B2Deere & Company
- Large square baler drivetrain health monitoring system10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262575 A1Deere & Company
- Baler crop speed tracking27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248074 A1AGCO Corporation
- Balers and methods of managing belt slack in same20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240081 A1Vermeer Manufacturing Company
- Rotobaler with a density sensor13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231865 A1Kverneland Group Ravenna S.R.L.
- Adjustable bale forming chamber system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231866 A1Marcrest Manufacturing Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tractor and baler combination with automatic baling and tractor halt control81US 7,404,355 B2Deere & Company · 2008
- Round baler for baling crop residue79US 8,677,724 B2Deere & Company · 2014
- System for prediction and control of drydown for windrowed agricultural products75US 9,807,940 B2Deere & Company · 2017
- Channel bale press for agricultural harvest crop and device and method for controlling operation of the bale press71US 6,101,932 AWelger GmbH · 2000
- Round baler with continuous bale size monitoring51US 4,855,924 AFord New Holland, Inc. · 1989