Segmented boom system for work vehicle

US9839211B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Deere & Company · US

Inventors

• Andrew E. DePriest · Melbourne, US
• Richard J. Chowaniec, Jr. · Wyandotte, US
• Gregory E. Peterson · Big Rapids, US
• Gregory S. McCunn · Orion, US
• Jonathan J. Nelson · Davenport, US
• Sankaran Subramaniam · Farmington, US
• Nathan F. Tortorella · Bettendorf, US
• Garry E. Baxter · Ankeny, US
• Brandon C. Carlson · Ankeny, US
• Kent Alvin Klemme · Ankeny, US
• Dolly Y. Wu · Richardson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 4, 2015
• Grant date: Dec 12, 2017
• Expiry date: Aug 4, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01M7/0071
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of a boom system for a work vehicle has a first boom member with a plurality of first boom segments aligned lengthwise to extend along a first boom dimension and a second boom member with a plurality of second boom segments aligned lengthwise to extend in the first boom dimension and spaced from the first boom member in a second boom dimension. The boom system also has a union spanning the second boom dimension to couple the first boom member to the second boom member and having a first coupling segment joining consecutive first boom sections together and a second coupling segment joining consecutive second boom sections together.