Harvesting method using unmanned agricultural work vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US10412893B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-17

    申请号:US15308561

    申请日:2015-05-05

    IPC分类号: G05D1/02 A01B69/00 A01D90/10

    摘要: The present invention is related to a method for harvesting crops from a field and to a method for working a field by towing an apparatus such as a tilling apparatus, wherein the methods of the invention employ manned and unmanned vehicles. The operation and movement of the unmanned vehicles is controlled by the drivers of the manned vehicles which are continuously in the vicinity of the unmanned vehicles. The harvesting method involves at least the driver of a harvesting vehicle such as a combine harvester and the driver of a crop collecting vehicle such as a truck, wherein the drivers control the operation of one or more unmanned crop carts, operated to receive harvested crops from the harvesting vehicle during a harvesting phase and deliver harvested crop to the crop collecting vehicle during a subsequent delivery phase The control effected by the driver of the harvesting vehicle and the driver of the collecting vehicle is such that each driver is capable of visually inspecting the crop cart's operation during the totality of the harvesting and delivery phases respectively. The invention is equally related to a method for working an agricultural field wherein an agricultural apparatus, such as a tillage apparatus, is towed through the field, by one or more unmanned vehicles, while the operation of the unmanned vehicles is controlled by the operator of a manned vehicle that is moving along with the unmanned vehicles through the field.

    Combine harvester improvement
    32.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10390484B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-27

    申请号:US15663408

    申请日:2017-07-28

    摘要: A grain mass flow sensor assembly of an agricultural harvester has a continuously curved sensor plate positioned to receive a grain flow from an exit of the grain elevator. The continuously curved sensor plate is configured to change the direction of the grain flow in order to generate a reaction force for measuring the grain mass flow rate of the grain flow. The continuously curved sensor plate is attached to a sensor plate to load cell mounting bracket. The sensor plate to load cell mounting bracket is attached to a single point load cell torque or moment compensated force transducer at a single mounting point. The single point load cell torque or moment compensated force transducer produces a mass flow sensor signal that is proportionate to the grain mass flow rate.

    Dual header for an agricultural harvester

    公开(公告)号:US10321628B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-18

    申请号:US15647886

    申请日:2017-07-12

    摘要: A header for an agricultural harvester. The header includes a connector adapted to be connected to a feeder of the agricultural harvester. The header further includes a cutter bar and a first lateral crop transporting mechanism to move crop material towards a first opening at the connector. The header further includes a second lateral crop transporting mechanism provided at a distance from the first lateral crop transporting mechanism. The second lateral crop transporting mechanism is provided to move crop material towards a second opening at the connector, the second opening being different from the first opening.

    Harvesting method using unmanned agricultural work vehicles
    36.
    发明申请
    Harvesting method using unmanned agricultural work vehicles 审中-公开
    采用无人工农用车的收获方式

    公开(公告)号:US20170055455A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-02

    申请号:US15308561

    申请日:2015-05-05

    IPC分类号: A01D90/10 A01B69/00

    摘要: The present invention is related to a method for harvesting crops from a field and to a method for working a field by towing an apparatus such as a tilling apparatus, wherein the methods of the invention employ manned and unmanned vehicles. The operation and movement of the unmanned vehicles is controlled by the drivers of the manned vehicles which are continuously in the vicinity of the unmanned vehicles. The harvesting method involves at least the driver of a harvesting vehicle such as a combine harvester and the driver of a crop collecting vehicle such as a truck, wherein the drivers control the operation of one or more unmanned crop carts, operated to receive harvested crops from the harvesting vehicle during a harvesting phase and deliver harvested crop to the crop collecting vehicle during a subsequent delivery phase The control effected by the driver of the harvesting vehicle and the driver of the collecting vehicle is such that each driver is capable of visually inspecting the crop cart's operation during the totality of the harvesting and delivery phases respectively. The invention is equally related to a method for working an agricultural field wherein an agricultural apparatus, such as a tillage apparatus, is towed through the field, by one or more unmanned vehicles, while the operation of the unmanned vehicles is controlled by the operator of a manned vehicle that is moving along with the unmanned vehicles through the field.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于从现场收获作物的方法以及通过牵引诸如耕种设备的装置来操作田地的方法,其中本发明的方法使用有人和无人的车辆。 无人驾驶车辆的运行和运行由持续在无人驾驶车辆附近的载人车辆的司机控制。 收获方法至少涉及收割车辆的驱动程序,例如联合收割机和诸如卡车的作物收集车辆的驾驶员,其中驾驶员控制一个或多个无人作物车的操作,以操作以从 收获期间的收获车辆,并在随后的交付阶段将收获的作物运送到作物收集车辆。由收割车辆的司机和收集车辆的驾驶员进行的控制使得每个驾驶员能够目视检查作物 在整个采集和交付阶段,购物车的运作情况分别为: 本发明同样涉及一种农业领域的方法,其中通过一个或多个无人驾驶车辆将诸如耕作机械的农业设备拖到田间,而无人驾驶车辆的操作由操作者控制 一辆与无人驾驶车辆一起运行的载人车辆。

    Stalked crop harvesting header structure
    37.
    发明申请
    Stalked crop harvesting header structure 审中-公开
    秸秆作物收割头结构

    公开(公告)号:US20170055448A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-02

    申请号:US15253423

    申请日:2016-08-31

    摘要: A stalked crop harvesting header comprising multiple harvesting units each comprising a pair of deck plates defining a channel, a pair of snapping rollers mounted below the deck plates and adapted to pull stalks downwardly through the channel, a pair of gathering chains provided with cams, the gathering chains extending between a first pair of gears located at a front end of the harvesting unit and a second pair of gears located at a back end of the harvesting unit, wherein each harvesting unit further comprises a pair of stalk guiders positioned to rotate around axes coinciding with respective axes of the first pair of gears, wherein the stalk guiders each comprise an upper stalk guiding wheel and a lower stalk guiding wheel which are interconnected, and wherein a cutting element is provided below the lower stalk guiding wheel to cut stalks while being guided by the stalk guider.

    摘要翻译: 一种秸秆作物收割头,包括多个收获单元,每个收获单元包括限定通道的一对甲板板,一对安装在甲板板下面并适合于将杆向下拉通过通道的咬合辊,一对设置有凸轮的聚集链, 收集链,其在位于收获单元的前端的第一对齿轮和位于收获单元的后端的第二对齿轮之间延伸,其中每个收获单元还包括一对定位成围绕轴旋转的杆引导件 与所述第一对齿轮的各个轴线重合,其中所述杆导向器各自包括互连的上杆引导轮和下杆引导轮,并且其中在所述下杆引导轮下方设置切割元件以切割柄,同时 由导杆指导。

    Combine harvester with variable stroke cleaning shoe
    38.
    发明授权
    Combine harvester with variable stroke cleaning shoe 有权
    联合收割机与可变行程清洁鞋

    公开(公告)号:US09414546B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-16

    申请号:US14690342

    申请日:2015-04-17

    摘要: A sieve for a combine harvester that is moveable by a sieve drive assembly to perform a reciprocating sieve movement having a sieving stroke and a sieve throwing angle, wherein the sieve drive assembly has a rotary drive, having a rotatable output shaft, a transmission between the rotatable output shaft of the rotary drive and the sieve, an eccentric device, at least one transmission element, and a plurality of linkage pivots, wherein the eccentric device is an adjustable eccentric device in which the eccentricity is adjustable in order to adjust at least one of the sieving stroke and sieve throwing angle, the eccentric device comprising an input shaft, a flange, a gear, an output shaft, an annular gear, and an adjustment gear.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于联合收割机的筛,其可由筛驱动组件移动以执行具有筛分行程和筛投角度的往复筛运动,其中所述筛驱动组件具有旋转驱动器,所述旋转驱动装置具有可旋转的输出轴, 旋转驱动器和筛子的可旋转输出轴,偏心装置,至少一个传动元件和多个连杆枢轴,其中偏心装置是可调整的偏心装置,其中偏心可调,以便调节至少一个 所述偏心装置包括输入轴,凸缘,齿轮,输出轴,环形齿轮和调节齿轮。

    Method and system for determining the load on an element of the drive system of a plunger in a baler
    39.
    发明授权
    Method and system for determining the load on an element of the drive system of a plunger in a baler 有权
    用于确定打包机中的柱塞的驱动系统的元件上的负载的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US09119347B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-01

    申请号:US14384932

    申请日:2013-03-14

    IPC分类号: A01F15/04 A01F15/08 B30B9/30

    摘要: System and method of determining the load on an element of the drive system of a plunger of an agricultural baler, and to use thereof for controlling such balers. A value representative of an estimate of the load on an element of the drive system of the plunger is determined, based on combining an obtained value representative of the load on the plunger with obtained position information of the drive element relative to the plunger.

    摘要翻译: 确定农用打捆机的柱塞的驱动系统的元件上的载荷的系统和方法,以及用于控制这种打包机的装置。 基于将代表柱塞上的负载的获得值与驱动元件相对于柱塞的已获得的位置信息相结合,来确定表示柱塞的驱动系统的元件上的负载的估计值的值。

    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

    IPC分类号: A01D41/16 A01B59/06

    CPC分类号: A01D41/16 A01B59/064

    摘要: 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.