Cnh America LLC

Case Corporation

Cnh Italia Spa

Gary C Polk

Bin Lou

Orlin Wayne Johnson

Lavern Weinschenk, Jr

Prasenjit Adhikari

A vibration isolator including at least one bearing element or assembly providing a contact interface along which structural elements connected together by the vibration isolator are allowed to substantially freely move within a limited range one relative to the other, with the effect of isolating the respective structural elements from vibrations or vibratory movements of the other structurally element, particular those vibratory movements directed or oriented at least generally along or parallel to the contact interface, with particular effect for isolating low frequency vibratory movements.

Vibration isolator with limited free movement

A drive for transferring sideward motion from a first or driving elongate sickle knife to a second or driven elongate sickle knife longitudinally aligned with the first sickle knife. A double rack and pinion arrangement is used including at least one pinion mounted at a fixed location, a first sidewardly extending rack is connected to the first sickle knife for sideward movement therewith and a second sidewardly extending rack is connected to the second sickle knife for sideward movement therewith, the racks both being enmeshed with the pinion such that sideward movement of the driving knife causes corresponding opposite sideward movement of the longitudinally aligned driven knife.

Reversing transfer drive for sickle cutting knives on a header of an agricultural combine

A foldable extension for increasing a grain holding capacity of a grain tank of an agricultural harvesting machine. The grain tank includes angularly related upper peripheral portions defining an upwardly facing opening, and the extension includes a corresponding number of extension panels mounted for pivotal movement about the respective upper peripheral portions of the grain tank. Each of the extension panels is pivotally positionable in a deployed position extending upwardly and outwardly relative to the opening of the grain tank at an acute angle of less than about 80&deg; to horizontal, and a generally horizontal folded position extending over a portion of the opening, adjacent ones of the extension panels having adjacent ends defining corner spaces therebetween when in the deployed position. The extension additionally includes foldable corner panels connected between the adjacent ends of the adjacent ones of the extension panels, respectively, each of the corner panels including hinge joints hingedly connecting the corner panel to the adjacent ends and additional hinge joints dividing the corner panel into sections hingedly movable in predetermined directions between predetermined positions about the hinge joints, such that when the extension panels are in the deployed position the sections will be located in a generally side-by-side predetermined relation extending upwardly and outwardly from the opening of the grain tank, and such that when the extension panels are in the folded position the sections will be at least generally horizontal and in overlaying relation one relative to another.

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Lake Zurich, IL, United States of America

Gary C Polk