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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7063167 | Self leveling towed implement An implement has a tongue used to tow the implement that can be raised or lowered with respect to the rest of the implement. The tongue is raised or lowered by a hydraulic cylinder. The raising and lowering ports of the cylinder are connected to two hydraulic accumu... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7004987 | Intake air pre-cleaner with aspirator port chamber for collecting and holding particles for later aspiration A pre-cleaner for an air induction system of an internal combustion engine including a housing enclosing an upper chamber and an aspirator port chamber, the upper chamber containing a plurality of particulate separator tubes for removing particles from air flowing t... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6814161 | Stakedown assembly for a horizontal directional drill A stakedown assembly for a horizontal directional drill that multiplies the travel of a hydraulic cylinder so that the drive head travels twice the distance of the hydraulic cylinder travel. A gear pinion is pivotally attached to a top end of the hydraulic cylinder.... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6786289 | Skid steer vehicle with direct drive A skid steer vehicle has a drive system that includes hydraulic motor coupled to a reduction gearbox. A driveshaft extends fore-and-aft from the gearbox and is coupled at each end to a combined housing including a reduction gear set and an axle. The axle extends lat... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6782916 | Flapper valve system A fuel system for a work vehicle such as a tractor includes a pair of fuel tanks located on either side of the vehicle that are connected by a cross feed fuel line. The fuel line permits fuel to flow from both tanks to a common fuel suction line, which, in turn, fee... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6782835 | Bulk fill delivery recirculation system A particulate distribution system for transporting seed or other particulate from a source into a plurality of metering bins, the system including a manifold duct that begins and ends at the source and an air delivery system mounted to the duct to transport particul... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6779542 | Low leak boom control check valve An insert or cartridge that fits into a cavity in a valve body provides a check valve function and an anti-cavitation function and a pressure relief function. This insert is substantially circular and has an internal cavity with a valve assembly that has two pairs o... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6772702 | Lockdown and support structure for agricultural particulate tank An apparatus for use with a planting assembly including a mounting member and comprising a hopper including first and second wall members that form first and second hopper external surfaces wherein first and second forces applied perpendicular to the first and secon... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6773367 | Belt drive two speed shift mechanism A two speed shift mechanism for a belt drive that includes a rotatable shaft with a first pulley, and a tube concentric with the shaft and rotatable therearound. The tube includes a shift hub supporting a second pulley in axially spaced relation to the first pulley ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6769349 | Multi-fiber cylinder position sensor using time-of-flight technique A hydraulic actuator is disclosed having a cylinder with a piston that is moved by hydraulic fluid. A light guide in one end of the cylinder directs a laser beam into the cylinder, and off the piston where the beam is reflected. The beam then exits the cylinder thro... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6768423 | Cab environment warning and control method and apparatus A method and apparatus for providing a cab pressure drop warning to an off-road machine operator and instructions for increasing the cab pressure and for providing incentive to correct the pressure drop, the method including comparing ambient and cab pressures and t... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6766634 | Unloader control for a combined cotton harvester and module builder and method of operation of the same A control for an unloader of a cotton module builder or other cotton compactor for controlling unloading and loss of uncompacted or loose cotton from the compactor. The unloader includes an unloading element having a first end, an opposite second end, and an interme... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6755735 | Unitary blow molded cover panel for a threshing region of an agricultural combine A one piece blow molded cover panel removably positionable in an access opening in a structure adjacent to a threshing region of an agricultural combine. The cover panel includes an inner wall, an outer wall generally co-extending with the inner wall in spaced relat... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6749035 | Pitch alleviation system A hitch control system for a work vehicle combines a front suspension position signal, a hitch load signal and a hitch position signal to generate a valve command signal that controls hitch position so as to alleviate pitching and maximize front wheel ground contact... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6729637 | Side swing hitch for an agricultural combine A side swing hitch for a rear end of an agricultural combine. The hitch includes a hitch support bracket having opposite end portions and an intermediate portion therebetween, a first of the end portions including at least one element for mounting to a rear chassis ... | 05/04/2004 |
| D488488 | Work vehicle hood | 04/13/2004 |
| 6719627 | Multi-position linkage and locking mechanism for a crop residue spreader and/or chopper A crop residue spreader for an agricultural harvesting machine, including a housing at least partially containing a rotor rotatable about an rotational axis, the housing including at least one inlet opening for receiving a flow of crop residue from the harvesting ma... | 04/13/2004 |
| D488489 | Front end of work vehicle | 04/13/2004 |
| 6714662 | Method and apparatus for determining the quality of an image of an agricultural field using a plurality of fuzzy logic input membership functions A combine having a camera system is disclosed in which pictures of the ground in front of the vehicle are processed to extract the slope and intercept of a characteristic line indicative of the boundary between the cut and uncut portions of the field. A fuzzy logic ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6705067 | Feed conveyor/rock trap and header drive for an agricultural combine A rotatable drive for a feeder and a header of an agricultural combine for drivingly connecting spaced rotatable elements on the feeder and the header to a rotatable power source on a chassis of the combine, the feeder and the header being jointly mounted to the cha... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6704637 | Speed control for a work vehicle There is disclosed herein a method and apparatus for changing the real speed of a work vehicle with a continuously variable transmission and an electronic control device having a cruise control function.... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6694615 | Method for manufacturing a welded hydraulic cylinder for reducing hoop stress A method for manufacturing a welded cylinder is provided wherein a seal (such as an O-ring seal or a cured polymeric sealant) is disposed between the tube of a cylinder and its welded end plug. The seal is spaced away from the circumferential weld that jo... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6692351 | Crop residue chopper with reconfigurable fixed offset blades A crop residue chopper for an agricultural combine including a spaced array of stationary knives. A rotor of the chopper is rotatable about an axis therethrough and includes mounting elements in axially spaced relation, and a plurality of offset knives, e... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6688970 | Combine threshing rotor front bearing and inlet section with anti-wind geometry A threshing rotor and front bearing housing shroud assembly for an agricultural combine having improved anti-wind characteristics, particularly with regard to long, wet straw. The invention resides in a front rotor inlet or infeed section having at least ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6682417 | Folding door arrangement for an onboard cotton module builder of a cotton harvester and method of operation of the same A folding door or gate arrangement and method of operation thereof for a mobile cotton harvesting machine including a tiltable cotton module builder. In one embodiment, folding door or gate arrangement includes primary and secondary folding door segment p... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681879 | Muffler exhaust stack An exhaust stack system for a muffler having an exhaust stub pipe including a self-holding taper on the outer diameter of the exhaust stub pipe. The exhaust stack pipe also has a self-holding taper on the inner diameter of the proximal end so as to mating... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6679772 | Foldable grain tank extension for an agricultural harvesting machine A foldable extension for increasing a grain holding capacity of a grain tank of an agricultural harvesting machine. The grain tank includes angularly related upper peripheral portions defining an upwardly facing opening, and the extension includes a corre... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6668620 | Test for hydraulic leakage A test for hydraulic leakage in hydraulic components uses a rate testing device having two circuits including a filling circuit that fast-fills the component with hydraulic fluid and a leakage circuit that measures the leakage rate of fluid flow through t... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6666007 | Hydro-mechanical variable speed feeder/header drive for an agricultural combine A variable speed, reversible drive for rotating elements of a feeder and a header of an agricultural combine including a first rotatable power input, a second rotatable power input, and a planetary gear arrangement or set including a first rotatable input... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6663525 | Hydro-mechanical transmission with automatic braking capability and method of operation The transmission includes a planetary gear arrangement having a rotatable output, a first rotatable input connected to an output of a fluid motor, and a second rotatable input connected to a clutch or other device engageable or operable for connecting the... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6665601 | Communications system for managing messages across a vehicle data bus A communications system for a work vehicle is shown for managing communications between control units which control various functions of the vehicle. The system includes a data bus supported by the vehicle for communicating messages between control units ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6640409 | Method for retrofitting a swing damping valve circuit to a work vehicle A method for retrofitting a swing damping circuit to a work vehicle such as a backhoe includes disconnecting a boom swing valve from a boom swing cylinder, and coupling the swing damping circuit to the boom swing valve. Alternatively, it may include repla... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6637315 | Welded hydraulic cylinder for work vehicles A welded cylinder is provided wherein a seal (such as an O-ring seal or a cured anaerobic sealant) is disposed between the tube of a cylinder and its welded end plug. The seal is spaced away from the circumferential weld that joins the end plug to the cyl... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6634445 | Skid steer vehicle having suspensions that are locked based on vehicle speed A skid steer vehicle includes a chassis mounted on four sprung suspensions that are controlled by an electronic controller. The controller monitors the speed of the vehicle and locks the suspensions when the vehicle falls below a predetermined speed.... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6633804 | Skid steer vehicle with self-leveling suspension A skid steer vehicle has a sprung suspension system including four wheels mounted on four swing arms that are pivotally coupled to the chassis of the vehicle. An electronic controller is connected both to position sensors coupled to the swing arms to sens... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6632135 | Grain handling module for harvesting system A grain module for an agricultural combine. The module includes a longitudinally elongated grain tank. An endless conveyor conduit receives grain from the combine's grain tank and selectively feeds it into the module grain tank or removes it from the modu... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6626036 | Clutch fill rate calibration apparatus and method A system for calibrating the fill times of clutches using a pressure transducer service tool includes attaching the tool to an electronic controller on the vehicle and the a clutch hydraulic fluid line, signaling the controller to calibrate the clutch, th... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6626028 | Leakage metering system for test stands A hydraulic leakage rate testing device for testing hydraulic components has two circuits, a filling circuit that fast-fills the component with hydraulic fluid and a leakage circuit that measures the leakage rate of fluid flow through the component. The f... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6616528 | Vertical crop residue chopper and spreader A crop residue chopper and spreader for an agricultural combine. The chopper and spreader includes a disk mounted for rotation in a predetermined rotational direction about an axis oriented horizontally or at a small acute angle to horizontal, the disk in... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6615569 | Control system to automatically center an agricultural harvester header A control system for an agricultural harvester having a frame and a header. The header attaches to a feeder which connects the header to the harvester, and header to feeder attaching point has a position which is adjustable relative to the frame. In at le... | 09/09/2003 |
