Deere & Company

Michael O Youngblood

James Arthur Nagorcka

Mervin Peter Kizlyk

Benjamin Michael Witte

Robert James Recker

Gary Allen Vandenbark

Ryan Libler

Daniel G Niebuhr

Barrie L Smith

Curt Jensen

Kevin Augustin

Bruce Craig Newendorp

Carl E Kittle

Trent Lynn Goodnight

Stephen P Lang

Peter Leslie Falck

Trend L Goodnight

Tractor

Cargo box

A tractor includes various actuators or functions, such as a powershift transmission, a hitch and hitch control system, a PTO, a plurality of selective control valves, etc., all controlled by one or more control units in response to sensed parameters and operator manipulated control devices, such as switches, knobs and levers. A function management system includes a programmed control unit which has a learn/save mode which is operable while the vehicle is moving. During the learn/save mode the operator performs a sequence of manual manipulations of the operator control devices, and the control unit records and then stores information pertaining to the sequence of operations, together with information pertaining to the distances traveled by the tractor between operations. The control unit also has an execute or replay mode, operable in response to an operator command signal, wherein the control unit automatically performs the stored sequence of operations so that the sequence of operations is performed at the same distance intervals at which they were learned, regardless of the speed of the vehicle.

Vehicle function management system

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Cedar Falls, IA, United States of America

Michael O Youngblood