AUTONOMOUS CONTROL OF A CROP HARVESTING HEADER

    公开(公告)号:US20250063987A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18943139

    申请日:2024-11-11

    Abstract: A harvesting vehicle includes a header having a cutter bar, a crop transport draper and a reel mounted above the cutter bar to sweep the crop to the draper. The operation of the header is autonomously monitored and controlled to reduce operator loads or to run autonomously by detecting: reel wrapping; differential rates of flow of crop on the header at different locations; where the crop to be cut is at least partly lodged so that stems of the crop are not vertical; the presence of a crop streak of uncut or poorly cut crop behind the cutter bar and/or a band of disturbed soil behind the cutter bar. The detector is arranged to control ground speed, header height, reel height and operation.

    Towable rolling collector
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12233537B1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-25

    申请号:US17870305

    申请日:2022-07-21

    Abstract: Rolling collectors configured to locate and pick up small objects such as nuts, bullet casings, or other objects are described herein. In some implementations, a rolling collector includes a collector frame, a roller assembly, a remover mechanism, and a trailer tongue. In other implementations, a rolling collector includes a collector frame, a roller assembly having a skeleton structure, and a remover mechanism. In yet other implementations, a rolling collector includes a collector frame, a roller assembly, a remover mechanism, and a lifting mechanism. The rolling collectors described herein are configured to be towable behind a vehicle, which includes center pull, side drag, side-by-side, and multiple unit towing configurations.

    Integrated transaxle standing mower operator platform

    公开(公告)号:US12232451B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-25

    申请号:US17461658

    申请日:2021-08-30

    Abstract: A standing ride on mower includes a frame, a right drive wheel, a left drive wheel, a prime mover, a right side integrated transaxle operating under influence of the prime mover to drive rotation of the right drive wheel and having a housing, hydraulic pump, and hydraulic motor, a left side integrated transaxle operating under influence of the prime mover to drive rotation of the left drive wheel, having a housing, hydraulic pump, and hydraulic motor, and an operator platform to support a standing operator of the mower extending beneath the left housing and beneath the right housing such that a distance between an innermost portion of the right side integrated transaxle and an innermost portion of the left side integrated transaxle is less than a width of the operator platform.

    Harvester Production Parameter Capturing System and Method of Use

    公开(公告)号:US20250057081A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-20

    申请号:US18234861

    申请日:2023-08-16

    Applicant: Blake Foster

    Inventor: Blake Foster

    Abstract: A harvest production parameter capturing system for crop yield determination includes programming code, which is selectively installable on an electronic device and enables it for optical character recognition of text in an image of a display of a digital scale, thereby allowing determination of a weight of a load. The programming code enables the electronic device to display on its screen an interface allowing for entry of a plurality of parameters that characterize the load. Also included is a server, which is in communication with the electronic device allowing for transmission of the weight of the load and the parameters to the server, which writes them to data tables that are associated with a user. The server is programmed to perform data aggregation and analysis on the weight of the load and the parameters and to communicate results from the data aggregation and analysis to the electronic device.

    Stalk roll with wide engagement gap

    公开(公告)号:US12225851B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-18

    申请号:US18666288

    申请日:2024-05-16

    Inventor: Marion Calmer

    Abstract: One embodiment of a stalk roll to be mounted upon a stalk roll drive shaft of a corn harvesting header comprises a cylindrical shell with a recess in the main cylinder, wherein reduced flutes are not present in the recess, but full flutes are present therein. This embodiment includes a stalk slot having a length equal to the length of the recess. Additionally, the flutes may be configured such that a stalk engagement gap is present at least once during a full revolution of two opposing stalk rolls.

    Sensor system for recording elements of a flow of harvested material

    公开(公告)号:US12225848B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-18

    申请号:US17324367

    申请日:2021-05-19

    Abstract: A sensor system for counting elements of a flow of harvested material. The sensor system comprises an oscillating circuit and a measuring device, wherein the oscillating circuit comprises at least one capacitive component with a capacitance and an inductive component with an inductance. The oscillating circuit has a resonance frequency which depends on the capacitance and the inductance. Further, the capacitive component is positioned in the region of the flow of harvested material, so that the capacitance is influenced by individual elements of the flow of harvested material. The measuring device is configured to determine the resonance frequency of the oscillating circuit. In this way, the sensor system is configured to deduce at least one property of the particular element of the flow of harvested material from the resonance frequency of the oscillating circuit.

    Crop monitoring system and method

    公开(公告)号:US12225847B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-18

    申请号:US17889886

    申请日:2022-08-17

    Abstract: A harvester monitoring system configured to determine one or more parameters associated with harvested items, the system comprising: a camera module having a field of view and configured to generate image data associated with the harvested items; a mounting bracket configured to secure the camera module to a harvester such that a conveyor of the harvester is within the field of view of the camera module; a location sub-system configured to determine and output location data representative of a geographical location of the harvester monitoring system; and a processing unit configured to receive the image data and the location data, to determine one or more parameters associated with the harvested items, and to record the one or more parameters in association with the location data on a computer readable medium.

    CUTTING PLATE AND MOBILE DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SUCH CUTTING PLATE

    公开(公告)号:US20250048960A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-13

    申请号:US18799035

    申请日:2024-08-09

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting plate for a mobile device. The cutting plate comprises a body defining a cutting cavity and an unloading channel. The cutting cavity comprises a first cutting chamber and a second cutting chamber in communication with each other with an unloading channel. A first blade and a second blade are rotatably housed, respectively, in the first cutting chamber and in the second cutting chamber. A deflector and/or separator element is installed in the cutting cavity so as to be interposed between the first cutting chamber and the second cutting chamber. The cutting cavity is externally delimited by an edge surface. The edge surface comprises a first portion and a second portion defining an inlet chamber in communication with the cutting cavity. Protection elements extend from the second portion and are configured to intercept, in use, any solid bodies expelled at high speed.

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