Cnh Industrial America LLC

Cnh America LLC

New Holland North America, Inc.

Herbert Max Farley

Jonathan Eugene Ricketts

Nathan Edward Isaac

Wayne Thomas Flickinger

Benjamin David Kemmerer

Blaine Robert Noll

Frank R G Duquesne

Andrew Victor Lauwers

Curtis F Hillen

Jason Marion Benes

Cory Douglas Hunt

Mark David Dilts

Denver Romayne Yoder

Glenn Aesaert

Kevin Ward

Dan Lawrence Garland

Martin Jean Roberge

Joel Timothy Cook

Eric Emerson Veikle

Cale Boriack

Barry E Lehman

Cooper Wilhelm Linde

Bradley J Wagner

Joshua D Werning

Robert Stewart Boyd

Joseph Neil Oberlander

Bart M A Missotten

Clayton E Banks

Pieter Vandevelde

Karl Linde

William Mark McCully

Jeffrey D Thomas

John J Borsdorf

Austin L Jackson

Jason L Shonk

Troy Curtis Robl

Terry Scott Moyer

Dré Waltherus Joachim Jongmans

Matthew D Weeks

Brian L Scheuring

Clinton T Baltz

Brecht Vanmullem

Arno Leenknegt

Scott Palmer Deichmann

John Hinkle

Clay T Brumback

Rudy Vonck

Victor C D Demaecker

Brian John Anderson

Craig Elwyn Murray

Eric Lee Walker

David M Dechristopher

William Lee Cooksey

James F Rayfield

Joshua David Harmon

Nicholas Stephen Shane

Jeffrey C Trowbridge

Jay David Schroeder

Justin L Montenguise

Pieter Van Overschelde

Steven Carson Young

Justin R Ringwald

Sam Reubens

Nicholas J Laufenberg

Stefaan Desmet

Jason R Coppinger

Daniel Thomas Turner

David Michael DeChristopher

Stefaan Ballegeer

Luc Yde

Frederik Baes

Jeffrey D Frego

Jeff Thomas

Bruce Anderson

Stephen Todderud

Frank Rik Duquesne

Nathaniel Smith

Thamilselvan Karuppannan

Mark S Epperly

Bart Derynck

Seth Michael Bich

Jean C Imbert

Luke W Morrie

Edmund N Holt, Ii

Jimmie D Clifford

Nicholas A Estock

Daniel J Klein

Daniël M G Van Overschelde

Reuben J Dise

F Jay Eichelberger

Andrew Birkel

Cory Conway

Thierry E Devriese

Dillon M Thompson

James A Hitch

Matthew Flannery

Herman A Cease

Marion D Mencer, Iii

Mark Luke Nolt

John M McKee

A work vehicle system includes a work vehicle controller configured to output a control signal indicative of instructions to move a feeder house based at least in part on at least one header parameter. The work vehicle controller is configured to output the control signal to a network. The work vehicle also includes an agricultural header controller configured to receive the control signal and control movement of the feeder house based at least in part on the control signal. Further, the work vehicle includes a wing controller configured to receive the at least one header parameter from the network and output a wing control signal indicative of instructions to move a wing based at least in part on the at least one header parameter. The wing is coupled to a center section.

System for setting parameters for a multi-segment agricultural header

A header of a harvester includes a first header segment comprising a cutter bar configured to cut crops, and a first portion of a conveyor assembly. The header additionally includes a center section including a second portion of the conveyor assembly. The center section is configured to receive cut crops from the first header segment via the first portion of the conveyor assembly. The header also includes a first ground engaging element configured to at least partially support a weight of the header, and a first sensor configured to output a signal indicative of a distance to ground. The header further includes a first actuator; and a control system comprising a processor configured to receive a sensor signal from the first sensor and to control the first actuator to adjust the first ground engaging element based on the sensor signal.

Self-supporting harvester header system

A reel assembly of an agricultural header includes a first arm configured to support a reel of the reel assembly and a first pivot joint configured to pivotally couple the first arm to a frame of the agricultural header. The first pivot joint is configured to enable the first arm to pivot about a first local lateral axis of the agricultural header and about a longitudinal axis of the agricultural header relative to the frame. In addition, the reel assembly includes a second arm configured to support the reel and a second pivot joint configured to pivotally couple the second arm to the frame. The second pivot joint is configured to enable the second arm to pivot about a second local lateral axis of the agricultural header relative to the frame and to substantially block pivoting of the second arm about the longitudinal axis relative to the frame.

Reel assembly of an agricultural header

A header of an agricultural harvester is provided. The header includes a frame having a centerline defining a first side and a second side of the frame. A first portion of either the first side or the second side of the frame has a first trapezoidal profile that includes a first pair of legs that run along a longitudinal axis of the frame and a first pair of bases that form a height of the frame. The first pair of legs include a first top leg and a first bottom leg, and the first bottom leg is angled toward the longitudinal axis.

Header with trapezoidal profile

A header of a combine harvester includes a belt conveyor configured to direct a movement of harvested crop material toward a feederhouse of the combine harvester. The belt conveyor is located adjacent an inlet of the feederhouse. The belt conveyor includes at least one protrusion extending radially from the belt conveyor that helps direct movement of harvested crop material toward the feederhouse.

Infeed belt conveyor at combine feeder

An agricultural system includes a controller comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the controller is configured to receive data from a first and second sensor, each of which are mounted on an agricultural header and configured to output data indicative of one-dimensional (1D) distances. The controller is configured to determine a first horizontal distance from the first sensor to a first plant stalk and a second horizontal distance from the second sensor to a second plant stalk based on the 1D distance data. The controller is also configured to control a steering system of the agricultural system to adjust a position of the agricultural header relative to the first and second plant stalks based on a difference between the first horizontal distance and the second horizontal distance.

Systems and methods for controlling an agricultural header

An agricultural system that includes a cylinder and a rod that moves axially in and out of the cylinder to raise and lower a header. A cylinder lock system controls movement of the rod. The cylinder lock system includes a cap-end fixture that couples to the cylinder and receives the rod. A rod-end fixture couples to an end of the rod. The system includes a lock piston. The lock piston includes a protrusion. The lock piston rotates about the rod and selectively couples the protrusion to the cap-end fixture to lock and unlock the rod-end fixture to the cap-end fixture.

Cylinder lock system

A clean out system of a header for an agricultural vehicle. The header includes a frame with a floor having at least one cutout for allowing an unwanted material to pass therethrough. The clean out system includes at least one door configured for pivotally connecting to the floor and selectively engaging with the at least one cutout, a latching mechanism connected to the at least one door and configured for securing the at least one door to the frame, and at least one actuating member operably connected to the at least one door and configured for selectively latching the latching mechanism and pivoting the at least one door in between an open position and a closed position.

Infeed deck cleanout door for a header

An agricultural header includes a header frame and at least one harvesting element carried by the header frame. The header frame includes a rigid portion, a first conformable portion flexibly coupled to the rigid portion by a first resilient material that allows at least about 1.5&#xb0; of reversible deflection, and a second conformable portion flexibly coupled to the rigid portion by a second resilient material that allows at least about 1.5&#xb0; of reversible deflection.

Agricultural harvester with header having conformable portions

A header for an agricultural vehicle includes: a header frame; a flexible cutter supported by the header frame and including a plurality of cutting edges; a reel including a plurality of reel sections movably supported by the header frame, each of the reel sections including a plurality of tines and being independently movable from the other reel sections; and at least one rigid link connecting the flexible cutter to one of the reel sections, the at least one rigid link being configured to transmit flexing forces acting on the flexible cutter to the connected one reel section such that a substantially constant separation is maintained between the flexible cutter and the connected one reel section.

Agricultural header with constant reel to cutter relationship

A crop ramp for use in a combine header is provided. The crop ramp includes a flat section, a curved section, and a flange. The flat section facilitates coupling the crop ramp to a cutterbar of the combine header. The curved section extends from the flat section. The curved section is configured to facilitate transfer of crop to a belt system of the combine header. The crop is transferred in a first direction defined from the flat section to the curved section. The flange extends from the curved section. The flange is configured to hover above the belt system of the combine header to prevent dirt from flowing in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction.

Crop ramps for combine headers

A locking mechanism for an agricultural header includes a rod configured to extend laterally along the agricultural header and a cam coupled to the rod and configured to engage a respective arm of the agricultural header. The arm is configured to support a cutter bar assembly of the agricultural header, and the arm is configured to rotate relative to a frame of the agricultural header. The rod is configured to rotate in a first direction to a first orientation to engage the cam with the arm to block rotation of the arm relative to the frame, and the rod is configured to rotate in a second direction, opposite the first direction, to a second orientation to disengage the cam from the arm to enable rotation of the arm relative to the frame.

Locking mechanism for an agricultural header

A header () for an agricultural harvester () comprising a frame (), a cutter bar (), a draper belt and a cutter bar support sub-assembly connected to the frame is disclosed. The cutter bar support sub-assembly generally includes a draper support sub-assembly (A,B) and a support arm subassembly. The draper support sub-assembly is pivotably connected to the support arm sub-assembly and pivotable about a longitudinal axis of the support arm sub-assembly. The draper support sub-assembly includes a first draper support () that includes a curved surface engaging the draper belt and a cutter bar mount () supporting the cutter bar. The support arm sub assembly includes a support member connected to the frame.

Draper support for a draper belt assembly of an agricultural harvester

A reel assembly for an agricultural header includes a reel arm configured to rotatably couple to a frame of the agricultural header and configured to support a reel of the reel assembly. The reel assembly also includes a bracket extending from the reel arm and configured to support a device. The reel assembly further includes a cable assembly configured to maintain an orientation between the device and the frame of the agricultural header as the reel arm rotates relative to the frame of the agricultural header.

Reel assembly for an agricultural header

A system and method for reversing a movement direction of a laterally extending conveyor of a draper header of an agricultural machine. The system includes a fluid line for delivering fluid to a motor that drives the laterally extending conveyor. A directional flow control valve is connected to the fluid line and is movable between a first state in which the directional flow control valve is configured to deliver the fluid to the motor in a first fluid direction to cause the motor to move the laterally extending conveyor in a first movement direction, and a second state in which the directional flow control valve is configured to deliver the fluid to the motor in a second fluid direction that is different from the first fluid direction to cause the motor to move the laterally extending conveyor in a second movement direction that is opposite to the first movement direction.

Controlled lateral belt reverse for draper head of agricultural combine

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Herbert Max Farley