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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2019
Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen Gmbh, Harsewinkel, DE;
Joachim Baumgarten, Beelen, DE;
Bastian Bormann, Guetersloh, DE;
Andreas Wilken, Bissendorf, DE;
Christopher Vieregge, Doerentrup, DE;
Stefan Teroerde, Warendorf, DE;
Christoph Heitmann, Warendorf, DE;
Klaus Schaefer, Oelde, DE;
CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH, Harsewinkel, DE;
Abstract
A combine harvester for carrying out an agricultural harvesting process has a plurality of working units and a driver assistance system for controlling at least some of the working units. The combine harvester accommodates as working units a chaff cutter for comminuting harvested produce and a produce distributing arrangement in the rear area of the combine harvester downstream of the chaff cutter for distributing harvested produce on the field soil in adjustable throw directions. The respective throw direction comprises vector components of a horizontal throw direction and a vertical throw direction. The driver assistance system is adapted to optimize the control of the produce distributing arrangement by at least one of the substrategies including 'throw direction correction' and/or 'inclination-dependent produce distribution' and/or “produce distribution in longitudinal direction” and/or “produce distribution in transverse direction” with respect to at least one optimization criterion.