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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350343 | System for automatically steering a utility vehicle A system for automatically steering a utility vehicle having an operating implement. The system comprises a controller that is in communication with a scanning sensor. The controller receives an output signal from the scanning sensor and generates a steering signal ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7324881 | Transformation apparatus in an agricultural machine Transformation of differently structured signals of different track guidance systems for automatic control of a steering device in an agricultural working machine includes supplying the differently structured signals of different track guidance systems to a transfor... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7263422 | Method and system for controlling a mobile machine Embodiments of the present invention recite system for controlling an agricultural vehicle. In one embodiment the system comprises a vehicle guidance system for determining a course correction for the agricultural vehicle based upon position data received from a pos... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7198295 | Retainer arrangement connecting operating unit to a vehicle A retaining arrangement, including a support arm is proposed, by means of which an operating unit is connected with a vehicle. The retaining arrangement includes a safety device which operates such that, as long as a predetermined condition is not fulfilled, the con... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7178606 | Work implement side shift control and method A system for automatically moving a work implement of a work machine includes a position monitoring system configured to track a position of the work implement relative to a mapped landscape and programmable to incorporate an electronic representation of at least on... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7155888 | Agricultural machine with a guidance system A self-propelled agricultural machine having a position-finding system including a position-finding device for detecting positions of guide variables relative to the machine and at least one adjusting device for adjusting the orientation of the region of coverage of... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7142956 | Automatic steering system and method An automatic steering system and method are provided for a vehicle including an hydraulic primary steering system. The automatic steering system includes a guidance module with a GPS receiver and a microprocessor adapted to process and store GPS data defining travel... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7055417 | Safety system for power equipment Safety systems for power equipment are disclosed. The safety systems include a detection system adapted to detect contact between a person and a working portion of a machine, where the detection system is adapted to capacitively impart an electric charge on the work... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7032369 | Crop thinning apparatus and method A method and apparatus for mechanically thinning crops, particularly those planted in rows. One or more crop thinning units are connected to the back of a tractor or other vehicle. Each of the units has the ability to sense plants and activate an arm which has a bla... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6969010 | Landscape and agricultural sprayer foam marking attachment A foam marking attachment to a lawn and garden tractor or tractor mounted agricultural implement spray apparatus attaches to a low voltage DC power supply of the tractor, applying a left or right side droplet of liquid marking foam to the outer edge of a traveled pa... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966491 | System and method for detecting the passage of a person or an object through an entry-exit of delimited space There are described a system and a method of detecting the passage of persons or objects through an entry-exit (4) of a delimited space (2). The direction of passage is detected on the basis of the reception, by a portable electronic unit (40) w... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6945148 | Miter saw with improved safety system A miter saw is disclosed having a base, a blade supported by the base, a detection system adapted to detect a dangerous condition between a person and the blade, and a reaction system associated with the detection system to cause a predetermined action to take place... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6720884 | Sensor mounting system An obstacle detection system for vehicular environments including a monitoring sensor system and a mounting system is disclosed. An installer can make aiming adjustments, in the factory or field, to account for tolerance stack-up. The system includes a housing for m... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6679338 | Locating system and method A locating system and method for determining the location of an article relative to a crop row. The system comprises a plurality of marker means substantially linearly disposed at intervals substantially parallel to the crop row. A sensor means is provide... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6555932 | Cut-off circuit for sensing apparatus An electronic circuit for a utility vehicle having a sensing apparatus for detecting data regarding the vehicle and a control for operating implements used in conjunction with the vehicle. The electronic circuit is operatively coupled to the sensing appar... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6491123 | Electric earth-moving vehicle particularly for poorly ventilated locations An electric earth-moving vehicle, particularly for poorly ventilated locations, comprising an electric motor drive for driving wheels of the vehicle, a hydraulic unit which is actuated by a further electric motor drive for equipment installed on the vehic... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6336066 | Process for using localized agricultural data to optimize the cultivation of perennial plants A process for using localized agricultural data to optimize the cultivation of perennial plants, the process including: passage through a parcel of perennial plants by a farm machine; automatic production of positioning signals at several points in the pa... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6275757 | Device for controlling limited-area excavation with construction machine An area limiting excavation control system in an excavation machine having a front device, includes means for setting in advance, an area where the front device is movable. A control unit calculates the position and posture of the front device based on si... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6095254 | Device and method for detecting cultivation boundaries and other guide variables A device and method is disclosed for detection of cultivation boundaries or guide variables which are evaluated for an automatic steering system on agricultural machines. Electromagnetic waves emitted by a transmitter in the working direction of the machi... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6082466 | Rowcrop machine guidance using ground penetrating radar An apparatus and method is shown for determining the position of a rowcrop in a field being traversed by a mobile machine. The apparatus and method includes a ground penetrating radar (GPR) assembly located on the mobile machine, a processor for receiving... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6028524 | Method for monitoring the position of a motor grader blade relative to a motor grader frame A system and method for monitoring the position of a motor grader blade relative to a motor grader frame. The method includes the steps of: providing an electronic controller, blade controls having position sensors, and frame controls having position sens... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5813472 | Guidance system for an agricultural implement A guidance system for an implement drawn by a tractor with the implement being interconnected to the tractor by a conventional hitch. An elongated arm or support is pivotally secured, about a vertical axis, to the implement adjacent one end thereof and ex... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5664632 | Quick hitch guidance device The invention relates to a quick hitch guidance system which allows an operator to maintain proper alignment with a farm implement while towing it behind a tractor. The device includes an exterior inverted U-shaped frame with an external quick hitch coupl... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5582255 | Guidance system having adjustable width capability An adjustable row following guidance device for a tractor drawn row crop implement, includes a main support member disposed substantially transverse to the direction of travel of the implement as pulled by the tractor and having a first side and a second ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5515928 | Aligning a three-point hitch mounted implement with predetermined rows A row sensing wand triggers a power cylinder to move the upstanding vertical members of a U-shaped guidance frame left or right to move the lift arms of a three-point hitch on which a cultivator is mounted for maintaining it in alignment with the row crop... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5511623 | Quick hitch guidance device The invention relates to a quick hitch guidance system which allows an operator to maintain proper alignment with a farm implement while towing it behind a tractor. The device includes an exterior inverted U-shaped frame with an external quick hitch coupl... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5509486 | Method of steering an agricultural vehicle The invention described herein uses the periodicity of the relative height of the surface of a crop or soil surface that is measured over a large area to control the position of a farm vehicle as it passes between rows of crops. The range and angle of ret... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5392863 | Guidance system for an agricultural implement A guidance system for an implement drawn by a tractor with the implement being interconnected to the tractor by a guidance hitch which moves the implement laterally with respect to the tractor to maintain the implement in proper alignment with the rows of... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5363923 | Flip up row follower A carrier for a row follower is pivoted to the front of an agricultural tractor by a horizontal carrier pivot which is at right angles to the direction of travel of the tractor. This pivot permits the carrier to pivot away from the tractor in the event th... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5360070 | Mounting bracket for implement guide system An adaptor to allow a farm implement guide system to be used with a pull-type implement to keep a row-crop planter or cultivator properly in the desired row even though the pulling tractor becomes somewhat misaligned. The adaptor is inserted between the t... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5313769 | Row follower encoder support and method of mounting same onto an agricultural vehicle An encoder is mounted upon a vehicle within a sealed, tubular housing. The encoder is mounted within the housing by a shock absorbing mount. Stub shafts extend from each end of the tubular housing which are co-axial and which are aligned with a direction ... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5255756 | Caddy with guidance system for agricultural implements A caddy with a guidance system for towing agricultural implements is provided for row crop farming. The caddy converts mounted agricultural implements to pull-type implements, allowing larger implements to be pulled by relatively small tractors. A guidanc... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5240079 | Guidance control system for farm tractor/implement combination having improved turnaround capability A guidance system is disclosed for the combination of a farm tractor and trailing implement, wherein the guidance system is of the type where the implement is attached to a 3-point hitch mechanism that can be angularly oriented in a horizontal plane by ex... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5224551 | Guidance system control A switch assembly which is attached to a portion of the agricultural tractor and implement combination in order to control operation of a guidance system. The switch assembly includes a switch, a switch support assembly, an attachment assembly, and an adj... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5181572 | Farm implement row guidance device An improved apparatus (62) for on-the-go lateral adjusting of a field implement (10) is provided, and is especially useful for a pull-behind, tractor-mounted implement (10) designed to operate on or between rows (30) of a crop (32). The apparatus (62) inc... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5170849 | Guidance control system for farm tractor/implement combination A guidance system for the combination of a farm tractor and trailing implement, wherein the guidance system is of the type where the implement is attached to a 3-point hitch mechanism that can be angularly oriented in a horizontal plane by extending one s... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5121799 | Guiding agricultural vehicles A guidance system for an agricultural tractor includes a furrow feeler which depends from a horizontal shaft so that the shaft rotates about a horizontal axis aligned with the direction of draft. Misalignment causes rotation of the horizontal shaft, which... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5103917 | Adjustable calibration assembly for a guidance system An agricultural implement guidance control system has a wand sensor housing which contains a vertical shaft attached to the wand bracket and thus to the sensing wands. Affixed to the shaft is a photoelectric light source which projects a beam of light at ... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5054232 | Row crop blocking method and apparatus The invention comprises a method and apparatus in which a depending vacuum housing (10) is attached to as vacuum header (12) and includes a lower open end (16) spaced above the ground line. A sensing means (32) is located at the bottom of the housing to l... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5031704 | Guidance control apparatus for agricultural implement A guidance system for an agricultural implement pulled by a tractor is disclosed. The implement, such as a cultivator or planter, has ground-engaging discs mounted to a frame or toolbar and includes a control hitch mounted to the conventional three-point ... | 07/16/1991 |
