Deere & Company

Michael Eugene Kennedy

Martin Lavern Ruhter

Neil Vincent Harber

Josh Dean Graeve

Darrel Jeffrey Rowan

Nathan Joseph Horstman

Jed Douglas Polzin

Richard Arnold Valenzuela

Richard John Gotto

James Michael Frett

Charles Jon Paul Asp

Darrell Jeffrey Rowan

Maurice Thomas Nesbitt

Scott Svend Hendron

Robert J Meegan

Joshua D Graeve

Leroy Ernest Kraske

Brian Christopher Proeber

Anthony Jon Knepper

Barry W Schaffter

Richard J Erwin

Timoth A Wilcox

Jean Dean Graeve

Charles Jon Asp

Maurice T Nesbitt

A motor grader includes a tracking system indicating the location of the motor grader relative to a desired snow plowing path. The tracking system may also indicate the location of prerecorded obstacles along the desired snow plowing path.

Road position indication for motor grader snow plow

Grader seat with controls

A control system for a construction vehicle, such as a motor grader, is provided. The control system includes a plurality of joysticks supported by an operator seat assembly of the motor grader.

Input control pattern

Arrangement of steering wheel and operator seat assembly

A steering wheel assembly for a construction vehicle, such as a motor grader, is provided. The steering wheel assembly includes a chamfer or defines a space for viewing a portion of a grader blade of the motor grader.

Mounting console with visibility improvements

A control system for a construction vehicle, such as a motor grader, is provided. The control system includes a plurality of joysticks supported by an operator seat assembly, or by a console and structure independent of the operator seat assembly of the motor grader. The joysticks are positioned such that they are easy to reach while the operator's arms are supported by armrests supported by the operator seat assembly or structure independent of the operator seat assembly.

Grader controls at armrest

Armrest mounted grader control

Electronic grader control unit assembly

An excavator linkage comprising a ternary link with first, second and third pivot connections and a follower link with first and second pivot connections. The first pivot connection of the ternary link is pivotally coupled to the rod end of the bucket actuating hydraulic cylinder. The second pivot connection of the ternary link is pivotally coupled to the excavator bucket. In addition, the excavator bucket is pivotally connected to the dipperstick. The follower link has a first pivot connection that is pivotally connected to the dipperstick and a second pivot connection that is pivotally connected to the third pivot connection of the ternary link. In one frame of reference, the third pivot connection of the ternary link is located between the first and second pivot connections of the ternary link. In addition, the third pivot connection of the ternary link lies above a plane defined by the first and second pivot connections of the ternary link. In another frame of reference the second and third pivot connections of the ternary link define a plane below which the first pivot connection is located. Furthermore, the first pivot connection lies above a second plane which is perpendicular to the first plane and intersects the first plane at the third pivot connection.

Excavator bucket linkage

A side shift backhoe mounted on a sliding frame adapted for sliding transversely along upper and lower tracks of a main frame and in which the sliding frame and one of the tracks have matching chamfered surfaces and the sliding frame and other track have matching horizontal surfaces, and a power device extending between the sliding frame and main frame to effect movement of the sliding frame vertically in one direction to tightly engage the chamfered surfaces and in the opposite direction to cause the horizontal surfaces to engage so that the weight of the backhoe is carried on said other track having the matching horizontal surface.

Locking and sliding system

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Dubuque, IA, United States of America

Michael Eugene Kennedy