Deere & Company

Robert James Recker

Mervin Peter Kizlyk

Benjamin Michael Witte

Daniel G Niebuhr

Barrie L Smith

James Arthur Nagorcka

Gary Allen Vandenbark

Ryan Libler

Michael O Youngblood

Kevin Augustin

Curt Jensen

Russell William Strong

Christopher A Bering

Kirby Jon Baumgard

Gaylen Eugene Hicok

Mike Ondayko

Robert Lee Sterken

Mel Torrie

Kirby J Baumgard

An exhaust component arrangement is provided for an off-road vehicle having an engine, a cab, a transmission connected to the engine, and a fuel tank adjacent the transmission. A portion of the fuel tank is positioned below a portion of the cab. The exhaust component arrangement includes a particulate filter unit, a NOx reduction unit, and an oxidation catalyst unit, all connected in series. The fuel tank has a recess formed in an upper surface thereof. A lower portion of one of the units is received in the recess. Preferably, a lower portion of the NOx reduction unit is received in the recess.

Vehicle exhaust component arrangement

A loader bucket orientation indicating system is provided for a bucket pivotal at an end of a loader boom. The system includes a support member having a base fixed to a side of an arm of the boom and a shaft projecting from the base. A pivot plate includes a central hub rotatably mounted on the shaft and an arm projecting outwardly from the central hub. An outer end of the arm forming a visible bucket position indicator. A linkage couples the bucket to the pivot plate so that the pivot plate rotates clockwise and counter-clockwise as the bucket rotates clockwise and counter-clockwise, respectively, with respect to the boom. A rotary device has a base fixed with respect to the boom arm, and has a rotary member coupled to the base by a non-rigid coupling. The rotary member has a visible mark thereon. The position of the bucket position indicator relative to the mark provides an indication of bucket orientation. A weight attached to the rotary member maintains it in a substantially fixed orientation relative to a horizontal plane.

Loader bucket orientation indicator

Autonomous vehicle

A utility transport tractor having a cargo box above the rear axle with the operator's platform forward of the rear axle enabling additional seats to be included. To maintain the functionality of a conventional agricultural tractor, the cargo box tail gate and a portion of the cargo box floor can be raised to positions in which they both extend upwardly and forwardly toward the operator. In these positions, the three point hitch at the rear of the tractor is visible to the operator as is typically the case conventional agricultural tractors. The tail gate is mounted to the cargo box for rotation about multiple axes to pivot the tail gate to multiple open positions.

Utility transport tractor

Tractor

Cargo box

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Waterloo, IA, United States of America

Robert James Recker