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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2018
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Austin M. Laugen, Davenport, IA (US);
Benjamin M. Lovett, Colona, IL (US);
Bryan R. Yanke, Eldridge, IA (US);
Duane M. Bomleny, Geneseo, IL (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
An agricultural harvesting machine includes a header, a feederhouse and a draper belt configured to transport agricultural material to the feederhouse of the agricultural harvesting machine. The agricultural harvesting machine also includes a motor configured to drive the draper belt and a draper belt control system configured to determine a distribution of crop across the header of the agricultural harvesting machine and, based on the distribution of crop, generate a control signal for the motor to modify an operating characteristic of the draper belt.