Cnh Industrial America LLC

Cnh Industrial Belgium Nv

Cnh Belgium N.v.

Nathan E Isaac, Ii

Robert A Matousek

Frank R G Duquesne

Wayne Thomas Flickinger

Mark David Dilts

Curtis F Hillen

Cale Boriack

Justin L Montenguise

Stefaan Desmet

Michael Minnich

Frederik Baes

Stefaan Ballegeer

Tim Passchyn

Gilles Mommerency

Andrew Birkel

James J Bonatsos

Joachim Meurisse

Craig Michael Cless

Trevor Book

Frank RG Duquesne

Nicholas Shane

Cooper W Linde

Michael A Conrad

Nick Estock

Jackson Austin

Andrew V Lauwers

Nicholas S Shane

Bryan S Claerhout

Joel Michael Mcdonald

Martin J Roberge

An embodiment includes a combine having a header with a motor driving a blade for harvesting crop, a power receiving connector connected to the motor, where the power receiving connector supplies power to drive the motor, and a mechanical connector. The combine also includes a feeder housing with an opening for receiving the harvested crop from the header, a power supplying connector connected to a power plant of the combine, and a mechanical actuator. A controller controls the combine by attaching the header to the feeder housing by lifting the header such that the power receiving connector and the power supplying connector are automatically mated, and such that the mechanical actuator and the mechanical connector are mated, and controlling the power plant to generate and supply electrical power or hydraulic power to the power supply connector, which is supplied to the motor of the header via the power receiving connector.

Remote and automatic connection and drive of a combine header

In one aspect, a system for monitoring the operational status of passive lift supports includes an actuatable component configured to be moved across a range of movement between a first position and a second position, and an actuator coupled to the component and being configured to actuate the component across the range of movement. The system also includes a passive lift support coupled to the component and being configured to provide a supplemental actuation force as the actuator is being used to actuate the component across the range of movement. In addition, the system includes a computing system configured to monitor a load-related parameter indicative of a load being carried by the actuator. The computing system is further configured to determine an operational status of the passive lift support based at least in part on the monitored load-related parameter.

Systems and methods for monitoring the operational status of passive lift suppports and related work machines

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Nathan E Isaac, Ii