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Crop throughput sensing system for a harvesting machine

US11606910B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Deere & Company · US

Inventors

Martin Seimetz · Heusweiler, DE
Kilian Wolff · Moline, US
Benedikt Jung · Kaiserslautern, DE
Pierre Dommange · Dijon, FR
Daniel E. Derscheid · Ottumwa, US
Cole L. Murray · Polk City, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 14, 2020
Grant date	Mar 21, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 24, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA01F2015/107
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A harvesting machine comprises a crop conveying channel with a movable bottom flap coupled to a hydraulic actuator controlling the position of the flap and a crop throughput sensing arrangement with a pressure sensor adapted to sense a hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic actuator.

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