Agco International Gmbh

Agco Corporation

Benno Pichlmaier

Robert Honzek

Pitt Oppermann

Thiemo Buchner

Bernd Opitsch

Thomas Müller

Jakob Kreitmayr

Andreas Szajek

A system and method of capacitance management in an agricultural vehicle and connected implement, wherein the vehicle and implement have a plurality of electric drives connected to a common connection and connectable to a direct current supply, and each electric drive has an associated Y capacitor between each direct current supply connection and the common connection, wherein the method includes receiving and summing capacitance values for each of the electric drives and comparing with a stored threshold value. If the threshold value is exceeded, a sequence of selective disconnections of individual electric drives is performed until the sum of the received capacitance values is less than or equal to the threshold value. The method may be performed manually, or automatically based on a sequence defined in a priority list until the sum of the received capacitance values is less than or equal to the threshold value.

System and method of capacitance control

A system and method for generating land maps of a land area. The land maps can include two-dimensional and three-dimensional land maps. The land maps may be efficiently generated based on field data obtained by mobile machines configured to traverse the land area, with the mobile machines associated with one or more sensors. The land maps may be used to accurately and efficiently guide other mobile machines as such mobile machines traverse through or operate within the land area.

Land mapping and guidance system

A system for performing an agricultural operation on a field, the system including a host vehicle, two or more autonomous agricultural machines configured for performing the said agricultural operation; and a control subsystem for path planning and controlling the movement of each autonomous agricultural machine relative to the host vehicle in the performance of the agricultural operation. The control subsystem is configured to dynamically re-plan the movement of one or more of the autonomous agricultural machines in response to a detected failure of an autonomous agricultural machine as indicated by its position relative to its planned path.

Automated agriculture system

An agricultural vehicle has an implement connection hitch which is moveable relative to a rear axle of the vehicle. A system for controlling movement of the connection hitch is coupled with position sensors such as a GPS receiver. During turning maneuvers, the control system moves the hitch relative to the rear axle of the vehicle until it reaches an offset position such as to reduce the turning circle of the vehicle and a connected implement. The extent of offset may be determined automatically by the control system on identification of a connected implement.

Agricultural implement mounting

A tractor control/display system includes a display means () for displaying to a tractor operator tractor performance parameters and receiving operator's inputs. Sensors () are also provided to determine various operating conditions of the tractor (), and a processing unit () for receiving the sensor signals and operator's inputs and processing these signals and inputs to provide selected performance parameters for display on the display means (). The processing means () also provides a simulation mode in which the operator can enter proposed changes in operating conditions of the tractor () and the processing means () can indicate on the display means () the effect of these proposed changes on selected tractor performance parameters.

Tractor control/display systems

A control system for a tractor () fitted with two or more axles () which carry wheels () having pneumatic tires and which is set up to pull an implement or trailer. The system having a display means () for displaying to a tractor operator tractor performance parameters and has sensors to determine the current pull force (F) applied to the implement or trailer, the current wheel load and the current tractor ground speed (V). The system also has a control unit which determines and advises the tractor operator via the display means () as to the optimum weight of the tractor () using a predetermined relationship between pull force (F) and tractor weight and also the required load on each axle () to achieve a predetermined optimum axle load ratio. The system also advises via the display means () the appropriate tire pressure for the current wheel load and tractor ground speed (V) using a look-up table.

Tractor control system

The invention relates to a transmission synchronisation method and a transmission synchronisation device for at least two transmission units (TT). The synchronisation takes place in that in each case an output revolution speed (nn) of an axle drive shaft arranged in a transmission (TT) is adjusted by means of a first and second adjustment unit (ADU, ADU). The synchronisation of the first and second transmissions (TT) takes place by a result value (cal_out) of an arithmetic logic unit () being conducted to the second adjustment unit (ADU) arranged at the second transmission (T), dependent on the first transmission (T) and on the reference value (v_set) of a preselection unit ().

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Munich, Germany

Benno Pichlmaier