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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventor:
Thomas L. Kennedy, Dubuque, IA (US);
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 27/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/38 (2006.01); F04D 19/00 (2006.01); B60K 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 27/001 (2013.01); F04D 19/002 (2013.01); F04D 29/38 (2013.01); B60K 11/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle, a system, and a method for controlling air movement through the vehicle with a fan of the vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes the fan mounted to the vehicle and configured to move air at a fan end of the vehicle, an object detector mounted at the fan end of the vehicle and configured to detect an object within a detection distance from the fan end of the vehicle, and a controller configured to control actuation of the fan based on detection of the object within the detection distance at the fan end of the vehicle.