Patent · US Expired

Multifunction latch for a combine

US6735929B2 · kind B2 · utility

18Cited by

13References

2Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Deere & Company · US

Inventors

Bradley James Watts · Eldridge, US
Klaus Becker · Wetter, DE
Scott R. Bowers · Geneseo, US
Michael D. Benhart · Moline, US
Ronald Leo Sheedy · Eldridge, US
Keith Allan Moreland · Aledo, US
Walter Emmert · Contwig, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 18, 2002
Grant date	May 18, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 18, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA01B71/06
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A mechanism for attaching a harvesting assembly to a combine having a multicoupler which connects hydraulic lines on the combine with hydraulic lines on the harvesting assembly as two halves of the multicoupler are brought together, and a latching mechanism which mechanically couples the harvesting assembly to the combine, the latching mechanism being operatively connected with the multicoupler to shift between latched and unlatched modes as the multicoupler is shifted between connected and unconnected modes.

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