Agco Sa

Philippe Boittin

Ante Bozic

Guillaume Deletoille

Thibaut Maillet

A rear hitch assembly () for an agricultural tractor is provided. The assembly comprises a drawbar carrier element () mounted to the underside of a chassis () by a first connection which permits fore and aft movement of the carrier element relative to the chassis. A second connection includes a load sensor () which senses horizontal load placed upon the carrier element. Implement connector elements such as drawbars () and connector plates () are attached to the carrier in a fixed positional relationship. The horizontal load is isolated from the vertical load and measured by the load sensor to provide load information which can be utilised by brake systems for example.

Tractor rear hitch

A shaft shielding assembly () comprising first and second telescopic sleeve members () is provided. The sleeve members are each disposed around, and shield a portion of a rotatable shaft (). Mutually cooperating guide means, such as an array of grooves and ridges (), are provided on the sleeve members and which forcibly reduce longitudinal overlap therebetween when rotated with respect to one another so as to extend the shielded region of the shaft.

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Laboissiere en Thelle, France

Philippe Boittin