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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185275 | System for vehicular guidance with respect to harvested crop A discriminator identifies windrow pixels associated with a windrow within a collected image. A definer defines a search space with respect to a vehicle. An evaluator determines respective spatial correlations between the defined search space and the windrow pixels ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180534 | Multiple harvester unloading system A grain moving system providing for single point unloading of harvesters to a grain cart. There are a plurality of harvesting machines including a first harvesting machine and a second harvesting machine. The first harvesting machine being configured to deliver grai... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180533 | Device and method for reducing tire wear on an agricultural vehicle An agricultural work machine having a chassis with an operating direction and a transport system coupled to the chassis. The transport system includes a plurality of wheels including a first wheel and a wheel repositioning system. The wheel repositioning system is o... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180532 | Vector controlled leveling system for a forestry machine The present invention provides a leveling control system for a forestry machine (10) employing position sensors that relay information about the orientation of the carriage (12) in relation to the swing-house assembly (14) in order to control ro... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176716 | Flexible reel for an agricultural harvesting head A flexible reel (100) for an agricultural harvesting head (115) includes a plurality of reel sections (102, 104, 106) coupled together with flexible joints (210), wherein bats (206, 218) mounted on one reel section (102, 104, 10... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659722 | Operator station for a harvester | 05/15/2012 |
| 8167691 | Crop residue chopping and distributing arrangement for a combine harvester In a crop residue chopping and distributing arrangement for a combine harvester (10) with a straw chopper (60) and two discharge blowers (100), a guide element (150) distributes the crop residue stream over the two discharge blowers (1... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167104 | Gear shifting point for the establishment of a connection, fixed against rotation, between a gear and a shaft The invention relates to a gear shifting point (10) for producing a rotationally fixed connection between a toothed wheel (16, 18) and a shaft (12). Said gear shifting point (10) comprises a shaft (12), a sliding sleeve (24)... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167081 | Dual mode hydrostatic steering system A hydrostatic steering system has a steering cylinder for coupling to steerable wheels, a gerotor pump, a steering valve and an actuator controlled mode select valve. The steering valve is mechanically and hydraulically coupled to the gerotor pump, and controls flui... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167080 | Grader controls at armrest A control system for a construction vehicle, such as a motor grader, is provided. The control system includes a plurality of joysticks supported by an operator seat assembly, or by a console and structure independent of the operator seat assembly of the motor grader... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167053 | Powered mobile module and attachment combination Various attachments (different dozer blade arrangements, a gantry crane, large auger) are designed for use with multiple identical powered mobile modules including a main support frame housing an internal combustion engine as a prime mover and being supported on eit... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166950 | Variable ratio throttle control A variable ratio throttle control is disclosed for an off road utility vehicle. The variable ratio throttle control includes a butterfly throttle on a throttle shaft pivotably mounted to a throttle body, a bell crank on the throttle shaft, and a lever extension exte... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166837 | Transmission arrangement of an agricultural or industrial utility vehicle The present invention relates to a transmission arrangement of an agricultural or industrial utility vehicle, in particular of an agricultural tractor. The transmission arrangement comprises a drive transmission, which can be driven by an engine of the utility vehic... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166740 | Impeller conditioner rotor equipped with curved tines A crop conditioner is equipped with an impeller including a rotor to which a plurality of conditioner tines are respectively pivotally mounted at one of their ends. The tines are contoured so that they release crop at an appropriate location for the crop to engage t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166738 | Combine header with crop compression rollers A header (20) for an agricultural combine (10) comprises a laterally extending frame (28) supporting a laterally extending cutter bar (54) and left and right lateral belt conveyors (32, 34) supported on the frame (28). Each ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161744 | Internal combustion engine with turbocharger surge detection and control An internal combustion engine includes a block defining a plurality of combustion cylinders, an intake manifold fluidly coupled with at least one combustion cylinder, and an exhaust manifold fluidly coupled with at least one combustion cylinder. An EGR valve may be ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157629 | Concave suspension for a threshing section in a harvesting machine An agricultural harvesting machine including a frame and a threshing section supported by the frame. The threshing section includes a rotating member, a concave and a hydraulic concave support system that positions the concave proximate to the rotating member. The c... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657926 | Moistener pad cleaning tool | 04/17/2012 |
| D657638 | Dripper for irrigation of plants | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155844 | Implement lift apparatus control system position sensing An agricultural machine includes a lifting apparatus to which an implement or tool is attached. A control system controls the lifting apparatus in response to sensed parameters and operator inputs. The control system includes a first acceleration sensor positioned o... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151928 | Work machine operator input assembly An operator input assembly includes an operator input device. The operator input device includes a paddle and a leaf spring interfacing with the paddle so as to bias the paddle to a predetermined position. The paddle includes a region which interfaces with the leaf ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151818 | System for supplying hydraulic fluid The invention concerns a system for supplying hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic system, with an operating reservoir that accepts the hydraulic fluid provided for the operation of the hydraulic system and an auxiliary reservoir connected to the operating reservoir over ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151774 | Engine combustion air cyclonic pre-cleaner embodying throttling member adjusted in accordance with engine load An engine combustion air pre-cleaner includes a body shaped for effecting cyclonic air flow between an inlet and an outlet of the body. Located along a longitudinal axis of the body is a conical throttling member which is coupled to a control device which operates i... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151757 | Oil pan/axle support The invention relates to an oil pan/axle support. There is a need for an oil pan/axle support which is a structural member and which places the front axle support in front of the engine. Such an oil pan/axle support includes a rigid structural housing capable of for... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151718 | Adjustable seed meter drive coupling A seed meter for a planting machine is provided with an adjustable drive coupling between the seed meter and the planting machine main drive. The drive coupling includes a drive member connected to the planter drive and a driven member coupled to the seed meter shaf... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150584 | Generation and starting system An agricultural vehicle including plurality of engines, a plurality of mechanical loads, a plurality of electrical generators, a plurality of electrical loads, at least one load sensor, and a controller. The plurality of engines includes a first engine and a second ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150574 | Method and system for guiding a vehicle with vision-based adjustment Preliminary guidance data is determined for the vehicle during an evaluation time window. A vision module collects vision data from a vision module during the evaluation time window. Vision guidance data is determined from the collected vision data. A vision quality... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150554 | Resource use management in yards and gardens Therefore, the illustrative embodiments provide a computer program product comprising a computer recordable media having computer usable program code. Resource needs are determined for each plant in a plurality of plants to form individual resource needs. Conditions... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147303 | Harvested crop chopper remains and distribution arrangement for a combine The invention concerns a harvested crop chopper remains-and-distribution arrangement for a combine (10) with a straw chopper (60) and an impeller blower (80) arranged downstream of the straw chopper (60), that includes at least one impell... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147176 | Work machine and unloading system for unloading an agricultural product from a work machine An agricultural work machine includes a hopper configured to store an agricultural product during harvesting operations, and an unloading system configured to receive the agricultural product from the hopper and to unload the agricultural product from the work machi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147007 | Traveling mechanism for agricultural machines and off-road vehicles having an endless belt-band traveling gear and a corresponding belt-band traveling gear The invention relates to a spring-suspended, bearing force-optimized belt-band traveling gear (10) for ground vehicles, particularly for self-propelled agricultural machines and other off-road vehicles, comprising at least two outer deflection rollers (14,... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146925 | Face seal break-in compound The present disclosure provides a vehicle assembly, such as a metal face seal, that includes a break-in lubricant compound. The assembly lubricant compound may reduce friction and scoring between contacting surfaces of the assembly, especially during the initial bre... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146849 | Chopping drum for a forage harvester A chopping drum for a forage harvester has a shaft. Supporting rings are mounted on the shaft one next to the other in the axial direction and extending in the radial direction. Blade holders are distributed around the outer periphery of the supporting rings, and ch... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146704 | Joystick configuration A control system for a construction vehicle, such as a motor grader, is provided. The control system includes a plurality of joysticks supported by an operator seat assembly of the motor grader. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146563 | Internal combustion engine with high squish piston A piston crown for a diesel engine in which the crown has an annular recess coaxial with an injector injecting fuel in a radiated, non-swirl pattern. The recess has an internal central crown portion approximately parallel to the angle of the fuel injected and a curv... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146336 | Harvested crop residue chopping and distribution arrangement for a combine with an impeller blower A harvested crop residue chopper-and distribution arrangement for a combine (10) has a straw chopper (60) with an outlet (80) arranged in the plane of the outlet (96), with at least one impeller blower (82) arranged downstream of t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146335 | Sensor for a header height control system A header height sensor (102) for an agricultural harvester has an elongate sensor arm (112), a reversing joint (114) and a rotary sensor (116) mounted to a bracket (106) that is fixed to a plastic point (100) of a harvesting... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141650 | Automatic depth correction based on blade pitch A vehicle includes a blade, a lifting mechanism configured to raise and lower the blade, and a pitching mechanism configured to pitch the blade forward and backward. A control system of the vehicle is configured to automatically maintain at least one of a depth of t... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136334 | Reel mower cutting unit with gauge wheels A reel mower cutting unit having a cutting reel with a horizontal axis is supported by a front roller and a rear roller in a mowing position. A lift arm may raise and lower the cutting reel between a mowing position and a transport position. A pair of gauge wheels a... | 03/20/2012 |
| D656073 | Control lever | 03/20/2012 |
