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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventor:
Benjamin J. Heimbuch, Waterloo, IA (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/42 (2006.01); B60D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/42 (2013.01); B60D 2001/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lift link assembly of a three-point hitch. The lift link assembly includes a yoke, a shaft, and a retractor. The yoke includes a main housing and first and second side arms that extend downwardly therefrom. The shaft includes a shank and a head positioned on a lower-end thereof, and the shank is positioned in the upper-end through hole. When the lift link assembly is in a retracted mode, the retractor is positioned above the head, the retractor is configured to apply a downward force to the head, and the retractor is configured to apply an upward force to the yoke.