A01F 15/145
Twine knotters
Official title: {Twine knotters}
A01F15/145 (Twine knotters) appears on 132 US grants and 128 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01F- Granted patents
- 132
- Published applications
- 128
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 162
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 9 |
| 2015 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 5 | 11 |
| 2017 | 8 | 5 |
| 2018 | 10 | 9 |
| 2019 | 9 | 7 |
| 2020 | 3 | 18 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 9 | 14 |
| 2023 | 11 | 8 |
| 2024 | 15 | 5 |
| 2025 | 9 | 7 |
| 2026 | 4 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Binding device for a square baler28 Jul 2026US 12,690,525 B2Usines CLAAS France S.A.S
- Mis-tie detection for baler knotter21 Jul 2026US 12,685,269 B2AGCO Corporation
- Agricultural baler with flake prediction for bale length control7 Jul 2026US 12,674,654 B2CNH Industrial America LLC
- Agricultural baler with remote bale length control7 Apr 2026US 12,593,755 B2CNH Industrial America LLC
- Automated last bale ejection sequence for baler implement2 Sep 2025US 12,402,569 B2Deere & Company
- Spring Shuttle Return Needle Protection30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215374 A1AGCO Corporation
- Knotter device30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114378 A1Usines CLAAS France S.A.S
- Knotter device and method for operating a knotter device30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114379 A1Usines CLAAS France S.A.S
- Knotter armature tie trip9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096517 A1
- Baler2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090505 A1Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for binding a crop bale29US 4,074,623 AHesston Corporation · 1978
- Strand tying mechanism21US 4,142,746 AHesston Corporation · 1979
- Double knotting system for an agricultural baler16US 7,296,828 B2CNH America LLC · 2007
- Device for adjusting the space between adjacent knotter assemblies on a knotter drive shaft15US 6,957,835 B2Deere & Company · 2005
- Apparatus for binding a crop bale13US 4,108,062 AHesston Corporation · 1978