Deere + Company

Scott Svend Hendron

Robert Charles Moore

Sean Patrick West

Michael G Kean

Mark John Cherney

Bryan Rausch

Keith N Chaston

John W Krieger

Scott Edward Bender

Jeff Dobchuk

Judson Paul Clark

Travis Wiens

Wylie C Pfaff

Martti Johannes Lampela

Peter Fraser Falt

Michael McLaughlin

John M Hageman

Jeffrey Alan Bauer

George W Bozdech

Douglas K Wink

Eric Richard Anderson

Reginald M Bindl

James Arthur Nagorcka

Mohamad S El-Zein

Nathan F Tortorella

Sankaran Subramaniam

Daniel Dean Radke

Michael Eugene Kennedy

Hector Portillo

Lyal Douglas Allen

Hema V Guthy

James Leonard Montgomery

Bryan D Sulzer

Christopher R Benson

Boris Trifunovic

Lawrence William Bergquist

Nicholas Edward Bollweg

Paul John Ernst

Kenneth Edward Poppe

Kurt A Chipperfield

Stanley L Irwin

Brian Christopher Proeber

Chris McDonald

Lyndall Tunell

John J O'Brien

Kristine M Johanning

Kent A Burkett

Jamie M Coates

Sean L Mooney

Jesse J Kueter

Judson P Clark

A rotary heat exchanger includes a hub configured to be rotatably driven by a shaft, a fan including a plurality of fan blades integrally coupled to the hub and extending radially outwardly therefrom, and a heat exchanger including a plurality of heat exchanger sections. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of cooling fins for receiving air from the fan. Each of the plurality of heat exchanger sections is located between two of the plurality of fan blades. The hub, the fan, and the heat exchanger are integrally formed as a single body by a three-dimensional printing process.

Rotary heat exchanger and system thereof

A robotic machine includes at least one sensor coupled to the robotic machine configured to generate a signal indicative of a worksurface for which a worksurface operation is to be conducted. The robotic machine also includes a machine and robotic control system configured to receive the signal indicative of the worksurface, identify the worksurface operation to be conducted, and generate control signals for an end effector of the robotic machine to carry out the identified worksurface operation.

Controlling mobile machines with a robotic attachment

Images, which are captured by an image capture device on a ground disturbing work machine, and that are taken from different perspectives, and are received. A machine learned image identification model identifies items of interest in the images. A three-dimensional representation is generated based on the set of images. The three-dimensional representation identifies a depth at which the recognized items lie beneath the surface of the soil being excavated. A map request is received which identifies a location and depth for which image data is to be provided. A three-dimensional representation of the location and depth are provided in response to the request.

Controlling mobile construction equipment for subterranean mapping

A structural assembly for a work machine and method of assembling a node and strut structure are provided. The assembly includes at least one strut extending along a longitudinal axis and having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion. The assembly further includes node members. Each of the node members has a first node portion with a first node cavity. The first end portion of at least one strut is configured to engage the first node portion of one of the node members. The second end portion of at least one strut is configured to engage the first node portion of another node member. An adhesive bonds the first end portion and the second end portion of the strut to the node members at the first node cavity of each of the node members.

Structural assembly for a work machine and method of assembling node and strut structure

A mobile construction machine detects a speech processing trigger. It then performs speech processing (such as speech recognition and natural language understanding, speech synthesis, etc.) based on the detected speech processing trigger, to generate a speech processing result. A control signal generator generates control signals based on the speech processing result. The control signals can be used to control the mobile construction machine, to control another mobile construction machine, to provide information to a remote server location, or to aggregate information from multiple remote server locations.

Construction machine mode switching with voice services

A computing system includes actuator control logic configured to generate and send control signals to an actuator of a mobile machine configured to drive direction and speed movement of a linkage on the mobile machine. The computing system also includes a control map generator system configured to receive sensor signals indicative of the direction and speed movement of the linkage on the mobile machine, and, based on the received sensor signals, generate a control mapping that maps the control signals to the direction and speed movement of the linkage of the mobile machine.

Converting mobile machines into high precision robots

Construction machines with voice services

A stabilizer device for a work vehicle. The work vehicle having a first ground-engaging device having a first midpoint and a second ground-engaging device having a second midpoint. The first ground-engaging device and the second ground-engaging device configured to move the work vehicle along a surface. The stabilizer device comprising a mount coupled to the work vehicle between the first ground-engaging device and the second ground-engaging device. A stabilizer bar coupled to the mount. An actuator coupled to the mount and the stabilizer bar and configured to raise the stabilizer bar from a ground-engaging position to a stowed position. The stabilizer device extends to one of equal to and beyond the second midpoint in the ground-engaging position.

Mid mount stabilizer for a backhoe loader

A remote start system for a work vehicle includes a communication unit configured to receive a remote start input signal; optical sensors providing a first image of the work vehicle or work vehicle environment; and a controller including at least a start module and a verification module. The start module is configured to generate a verification request in response to the remote start input signal. In response to the verification request, the verification module is configured to confirm that the first image satisfies a verification condition and to generate a verification confirmation when the first image satisfies the verification condition. The start module is configured to generate a start command in response to the verification confirmation. The remote start system further includes a starter device coupled to the controller and configured to energize a prime mover of the work vehicle upon receipt of the start command from the controller.

Work vehicle start system and method with optical verification for authorizing remote start

A storage apparatus for a work vehicle where the work vehicle comprises an operator's station defining a floor, a seat assembly coupled to the floor, wherein the seat assembly is rotatable about a seat assembly pivot axis between a forward facing position and a rearward facing position. The storage apparatus comprises at least one drawer support coupled to a backside of the seat assembly, and at least one drawer slidably disposed with the drawer support where the drawer is movable between an access position and a storage position.

Storage apparatus for an operators station in a work vehicle

Loader arm for a work vehicle

A work vehicle may comprise a chassis, a ground-engaging blade, a sensor assembly, and a controller. The ground-engaging blade may be movably connected to the chassis via a linkage configured to allow the blade to be tilted relative to the chassis. The sensor assembly may be connected to the work vehicle and configured to provide a tilt signal indicative of an angle of the blade in a roll direction and a roll signal indicative of a rotational velocity of the blade in the roll direction. The controller may be configured to determine a target tilt angle, receive the tilt signal, receive the roll signal, and send a command to tilt the blade toward the target tilt angle, the command based on the tilt signal, the roll signal, and the target tilt angle.

Blade tilt system and method for a work vehicle

A work vehicle may include a chassis, a ground-engaging blade, a sensor, and a controller. The ground-engaging blade may be movably connected to the chassis via a linkage configured to allow the blade to be raised or lowered relative to the chassis. The sensor may be connected to the chassis at a fixed relative position to the chassis and configured to provide a pitch signal indicative of a rotational velocity in a pitch direction. The controller may be configured to receive the pitch signal and send a command to raise or lower the blade, the command based on a first gain and the pitch signal when the pitch signal indicates a rotational velocity in a first direction and based on a second gain and the pitch signal when the pitch signal indicates a rotational velocity in a second direction.

Blade stabilization system and method for a work vehicle

An enhanced visibility system for utility vehicles is disclosed. The visibility system may enhance an operator's view from the utility vehicle by making an obstruction appear transparent to the operator.

Enhanced visibility system

A work vehicle may include a chassis, a ground-engaging blade, a sensor assembly, and a controller. The blade may be movably connected to the chassis via a linkage assembly configured to allow the blade to be raised and lowered relative to the chassis. The sensor assembly may be configured to provide a chassis inclination signal indicative of an angle of the chassis relative to the direction of gravity and a blade inclination signal indicative of an angle of the blade relative to one of the chassis and the direction of gravity. The controller may be configured to receive the chassis and blade inclination signals, determine a target grade, determine a distance error based on the signals indicative of a distance between the blade and the target grade, and send a command to move the blade toward the target grade based on the distance error.

Grade control system and method for a work vehicle

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Dubuque, IA, United States of America

Scott Svend Hendron