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Harvesting head reel-crop engagement

US11659787B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CNH Industrial America LLC · US

Inventors

Bart M.A. Missotten · Herent, BE
Jethro Martin · Ephrata, US
Cory Douglas Hunt · Millersville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 3, 2020
Grant date	May 30, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 17, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01V8/22
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable media for detecting reel-crop engagement for a header of a harvester. The header includes a reel configured to draw crop from a crop field toward the header as the harvester moves through the crop field and at least one crop detector mounted to the reel. Data is received from the at least one crop detector mounted on the reel, processed, and used to detect reel-crop engagement.

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