Deere & Company

Manuel Billich

Michael Meid

Thomas Busold

Sebastian Traut

Mathias Klittich

A system for operating a cooling device of a utility vehicle includes an axial fan, a temperature sensor, and a control unit. The axial fan can be rotated by a fan drive and is used to generate a cooling air stream for impingement on a vehicle assembly that is to be cooled. The axial fan has a plurality of fan blades that can be pivoted in terms of an angle of incidence by deflection of an actuator. The temperature sensor determines an actual value of a temperature variable that reflects a present operating temperature of the vehicle assembly. The control unit compares the actual value of the temperature variable with a specified setpoint value to output a target value of a control variable provided for the operation of the actuator. The control variable is one of a hydraulic and a pneumatic operation pressure for deflecting the actuator.

System for operating a cooling device of a utility vehicle

A method for operating a vehicle cooling system includes generating, via a main cooling unit, a main cooling air flow passing through a first heat exchanger arrangement in a main cooling path; generating, via a secondary cooling unit, located upstream in the main cooling path, a secondary cooling air flow passing through a second heat exchanger arrangement in a secondary cooling path branching off upstream in the main cooling path; in a first operating mode, operating, via a control unit, both the main cooling unit and the secondary cooling unit in order to generate mutually independent cooling air flows; and, in a second operating mode, operating, via the control unit, the main cooling unit and setting the secondary cooling unit to one of a stationary and an idle operating state.

Method for operating a vehicle cooling system

An apparatus for operating a load-controlled hydraulic supply of an agricultural tractor includes a hydraulic pump which is adjustable with respect to the displacement volume for supplying pressurized hydraulic fluid, a proportional valve which is electrically actuatable, a primary hydraulic consumer to carry out a superordinate hydraulic function and to be directly connected to a conveying outlet of the hydraulic pump, a secondary hydraulic consumer to carry out a subordinate hydraulic function and to be connected to the conveying outlet of the hydraulic pump via the proportional valve, and a control unit configured to move the proportional valve into a closed valve position when the control unit recognizes that at least one of a required power of the primary and secondary hydraulic consumers exceeds the conveying capacity of the hydraulic pump and the subordinate hydraulic function of the secondary hydraulic consumer is inactive.

Apparatus for operating a load-controlled hydraulic supply of an agricultural tractor

A load-controlled hydraulic supply for an attachment attached to an agricultural tractor includes a hydraulic high-pressure source providing a volume flow in a supply line, a return line leading to a hydraulic reservoir, and a load-indicating line connected to a device for pressure limiting. The volume flow is adjusted based on pressure feedback prevailing at the load-indicating line.

Load-controlled hydraulic supply for an attachment attached to an agricultural tractor

A hydraulic arrangement for a utility vehicle. The arrangement may include a hydraulic displacement pump which is connected via a pump output to a supply connection as a hydraulic interface for supplying hydraulic consumers of the utility vehicle. In addition, the device may include a hydraulic auxiliary pump and an auxiliary supply connection as a hydraulic interface for alternatively supplying at least some of the consumers. The device may include a displacement control unit which is dependent on an output pressure of the auxiliary pump for displacing the displacement pump in such a manner that a hydraulic working connection of a displacement cylinder of the displacement control unit is connected to an output of the auxiliary pump.

Hydraulic arrangement and utility vehicle

An arrangement for operating a hydraulic consumer including a hydraulic control valve having a main slide valve defining a hydraulic volume flow in the direction of hydraulic connections provided for operation of the hydraulic consumer, a pressure compensation valve and an orifice, the pressure compensation valve controlled on the basis of a pressure difference that drops at the orifice when the volume flow passes through, such that the pressure compensation valve adopts an at least partially closing control position when the hydraulic pressure upstream of the orifice in the direction of the volume flow is greater than downstream of the orifice, including a restoring spring force of a spring element preloading the pressure compensation valve into a fully open position, and a sensor arrangement sensing the pressure difference and transmitting a pressure difference value derived therefrom to a control unit evaluating the pressure difference value.

Arrangement for operating a hydraulic consumer

A load-controlled hydraulic supply for a utility vehicle includes a variable-displacement pump supplied with hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic reservoir. The variable-displacement pump has a mechanically actuable control slide for changing a volume flow delivered. An electrical actuator is configured to actuate the control slide. A controller is configured to control the electrical actuator in accordance with a determined load requirement on a consumer side.

Load-controlled hydraulic supply for a utility vehicle

A load-controlled hydraulic supply for an attachment attached to an agricultural tractor includes a hydraulic high-pressure source providing a volume flow in a supply line, a pressure-compensated control valve including an actuation device for adjusting the volume flow in the supply line, a return line leading to a hydraulic reservoir, and a load-indicating line. The volume flow is adjusted based on pressure feedback prevailing at the load-indicating line.

A hydraulic operating device for a cooling fan of a utility vehicle includes a hydraulic motor and a fan assembly, which can be driven by the hydraulic motor for generating a cooling air stream. A hydraulic supply is adjustable in terms of its delivery volume in accordance with pressure feedback for providing pressurized hydraulic liquid. A control valve for setting, in a manner dependent on a control signal that represents a cooling demand, a volume flow that passes through the hydraulic motor, with a sensor line that is branched off in a supply line between the control valve and the hydraulic motor leading to a pressure control inlet of the hydraulic supply.

Hydraulic operating device for a cooling fan of a utility vehicle

A vehicle cooling system includes a first fan assembly, a second fan assembly, and a control unit. The first fan assembly generates a main cooling flow acting upon a first cooler arrangement. The second fan assembly generates a secondary cooling flow adjacent to the main cooling flow and acting upon a second cooler arrangement. The secondary cooling flow is branched off from the main cooling flow via the second fan assembly. The main and secondary cooling flows pass through a filter element located upstream of the first and second fan assemblies and the first and second cooler arrangements. The control unit is configured to determine an actual value of a rotational speed variable of the second fan assembly, compare the actual value with a desired value specified for a cleaned state of the filter element, and generate a trigger signal to initiate a reversing operation of the first fan assembly.

Apparatus and method for operating a vehicle cooling system

A hydraulic arrangement for an agricultural or industrial utility vehicle includes a main hydraulic circuit, a main hydraulic pump, a charge pump, a lubricating hydraulic circuit, a gearbox lubricating hydraulic circuit, a shifting hydraulic circuit, and a gearbox pump. Hydraulic fluid can be fed to the main hydraulic circuit by the main hydraulic pump. Hydraulic fluid can be fed to the main hydraulic pump by the charge pump. At least a part of the hydraulic fluid delivered by the charge pump can be fed to the lubricating hydraulic circuit. Hydraulic fluid can be fed to the shifting hydraulic circuit by the gearbox pump. At least a portion of the hydraulic fluid delivered by the charge pump can be fed to the gearbox lubricating hydraulic circuit.

Hydraulic arrangement and agricultural or industrial utility vehicle

A hydraulic arrangement for a vehicle transmission includes a hydraulic pump for providing a system pressure for a first hydraulic system circuit and a lubrication pressure for a second hydraulic lubrication circuit. The arrangement also includes a control valve connected between a pump outlet of the pump and the two hydraulic circuits and has two different switching positions. The control valve, depending on the switching position, acts as a hydraulic connection between the pump and the system circuit or between the pump and the lubrication circuit.

Hydraulic arrangement for a vehicle transmission

A transmission arrangement for a vehicle includes an input gearbox including a first input shaft, a base gearbox connected to an output side of the input gearbox in a direction of a power flow, and a drive unit for rotatably driving a drive shaft at a rotational speed. The drive shaft is drive-connected to a second input shaft of the input gearbox. The transmission arrangement also includes a locking device being transferable into a locking position for arresting a rotation of the second input shaft.

Transmission arrangement

A power split transmission for a work vehicle includes at least one drivable transmission input shaft, a power distribution module, a rotational speed variator having a variator output shaft, a transmission module operatively connected both to the transmission input shaft and the variator output shaft, and a transmission output shaft. The transmission module includes at least two transmission auxiliary shafts each of which includes at least one summation transmission for combining power introduced via the transmission input shaft and the variator output shaft. The transmission module includes at least one power shift stage via which the transmission auxiliary shafts are selectively connected to the transmission output shaft. A continuously variable transmission ratio is produced between the transmission input shaft and transmission output shaft.

Power split transmission, transmission module and vehicle

A method for adjusting an orientation angle of an agricultural implement includes arranging a hitch such that an upper link and at least one lower link is articulated to a support structure of the utility vehicle, and adjusting the orientation angle based on a target length of the upper link. The target length of the upper link is determined as a function of the orientation angle and as a function of a lower link angle.

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