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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Inventor:
Doug Sorensen, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/127 (2006.01); A01D 34/00 (2006.01); A01D 34/14 (2006.01); A01D 34/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/127 (2013.01); A01D 34/006 (2013.01); A01D 34/14 (2013.01); A01D 34/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for monitoring a condition of a sickle of a header of an agricultural machine. The system includes a knife guard mounted to the header, a knife section of the sickle that is configured to move either along or with respect to a surface of the knife guard, and a sensor either mounted to the knife guard or another surface of the header for sensing the condition of the knife section.