Header securing mechanism for a combine harvester

    公开(公告)号:US12096719B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-24

    申请号:US17415116

    申请日:2019-12-17

    CPC classification number: A01D41/16 A01B59/064

    Abstract: In a combine harvester, the header is lifted up by the feeder and secured thereto by a mechanism including a pair of securing pins on the feeder's carrier structure. The securing pins are provided with stops protruding towards the header and which include a sloped surface, configured to interact with positioning aids on the header. The lateral outward or inward movement of the securing pins is driven by a centrally placed actuator. As the actuator is extended, the positioning aids roll or glide down the sloped surfaces, enabling a gradual approach of the header towards the feeder, up to a point where the securing pins become aligned with slots on the header. Continued actuation of the pin motion then establishes the securing of the header to the feeder.

    CORN HEADER HEIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240122113A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US18378424

    申请日:2023-10-10

    CPC classification number: A01D41/141

    Abstract: A control system for a corn header includes a controller. The controller includes a memory and one or more processors. The controller is configured to receive a signal from a radar sensor indicative of a return magnitude at a plurality of targets along an axis emanating from the radar sensor. The controller is also configured to determine a measured ear layer height based on the return magnitude at the plurality of targets. Furthermore, the controller is configured to control a header height actuator to adjust a picking height of the corn header based on the measured ear layer height.

    Harvester header support
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10779473B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-22

    申请号:US15955881

    申请日:2018-04-18

    Abstract: A harvester header support for supporting a header of an agricultural harvester, having a forward travel mode and a rearward travel mode. In the forward travel mode a first coupling element is in a forward travel position relative to a second coupling element, and in the rearward travel mode the first coupling element is in a rearward travel position relative to the second coupling element, wherein the first coupling element is moveable from the forward travel position to the rearward travel position and/or vice versa by pivoting the first coupling element relative to the second coupling element about the first pivot axis. An agricultural harvester having the harvester header support and a method for operating the agricultural harvester are disclosed as well.

    Method for directing a camera system on agricultural machinery

    公开(公告)号:US10743471B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-18

    申请号:US14357744

    申请日:2012-11-09

    Abstract: An agricultural harvesting machine, equipped with a movable unloading apparatus to transport crop material to a container driven in the vicinity, so that the container, seen from the harvester, has a near upper border and a remote upper border, and wherein a 3D camera is provided on the harvester for capturing images in which at least the near border can be seen, to direct the unloading apparatus based on these images. The camera is rotatable mounted around a substantially horizontal axis. The angle of rotation of the rotatable camera can be arranged such that the near border always remains in the field of view of the camera. The unloading apparatus can be controlled such that the processed crop material is deposited in the container at a predetermined distance from the near border.

    Device for analyzing the composition of a grain-MOG mixture

    公开(公告)号:US10709066B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-14

    申请号:US15238757

    申请日:2016-08-17

    Abstract: A method for analyzing the composition of a grain-MOG mixture comprising a kernel fraction and an MOG-fraction. The method includes steps of receiving a grain-MOG mixture, at a thermal excitation location, subjecting a sample volume of the grain-MOG mixture to a thermal excitation using a thermal excitator, generating a thermal image at an imaging location of at least a surface of the sample volume of the grain-MOG mixture that has been subjected to the thermal excitation, processing the thermal image and therewith obtaining data representing the temperature distribution over the thermal image, and relating the temperature distribution to the share of the kernel fraction in the grain-MOG mixture. A device for analyzing the composition of a grain-MOG mixture comprising a kernel fraction and an MOG-fraction is also provided.

    Combine harvester cleaning system

    公开(公告)号:US10314237B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US15309657

    申请日:2015-05-05

    Abstract: A cleaning system for a combine harvester. The cleaning system includes a sieve assembly, a sieve drive, and a louver drive. The sieve assembly includes at least one sieve for receiving a flow of harvested and threshed crop. The sieve includes a plurality of spaced apart louvers forming apertures for separating grain from the flow of the harvested crop, the louvers extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the flow of the harvested crop. The sieve drive is arranged to apply a reciprocating back and forth sieve movement, at a first frequency f1, to the sieve for propagating the flow of crop from a front end of the sieve to a back end of the sieve. The louver drive is configured to apply a reciprocating louver movement to the louvers at a second frequency f2, whereby f2≥f1.

    Agricultural harvester including feedback control of chopping parameters

    公开(公告)号:US10130039B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-20

    申请号:US15248866

    申请日:2016-08-26

    Abstract: An agricultural harvester for harvesting a crop on a field. The harvester includes a chopping assembly configured to chop a crop residue of the harvested crop. The chopping assembly includes an inlet for receiving the crop residue, a rotor provided with one or more cutting tools and configured to chop the crop residue, a drive assembly configured to drive the rotor, and an outlet for outputting the chopped crop residue onto the field. The harvester further includes an image based sensor configured to generate a signal comprising an image of the chopped crop residue and a processing unit configured to receive the signal from the image based sensor, process the signal to derive a geometric parameter indicative of a geometry of the chopped crop residue, and determine a control signal for the drive assembly based on the geometric parameter.

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