Ballasting device and agricultural vehicle

US11186326B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Deere & Company · US

Inventors

• Jens Letscher · Albessen, DE
• Thorben Riemer · Gundersheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 4, 2019
• Grant date: Nov 30, 2021
• Expiry date: Feb 5, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D49/0628
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A ballasting device for an agricultural vehicle includes a ballasting body, a first ballasting arm, and a second ballasting arm. The first ballasting arm is pivotally mounted on the ballasting body about a first bearing axis on one end and a first ballasting weight is arranged at the other end thereof. The second ballasting arm is pivotally mounted on the ballasting body about a second bearing axis at one end and a second ballasting weight is arranged at the other end thereof. The ballasting device includes a receiving device for receiving the ballasting device via a three-point hitch device of the agricultural vehicle. The first ballasting weight is adjustable by the first ballasting arm and the second ballasting weight is adjustable by the second ballasting arm.