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Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 07, 2020
Applicant:

Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);

Inventors:

Peter A. Kosmicki, Cedar Falls, IA (US);

Benjamin J. Heimbuch, Cedar Falls, IA (US);

Assignee:

Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 59/042 (2006.01); A01B 63/14 (2006.01); B60G 17/0195 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 59/042 (2013.01); A01B 63/145 (2013.01); B60G 17/0195 (2013.01); B60G 2300/082 (2013.01); B60G 2400/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for proving operation of a vehicle towing an implement. A hitch assembly can be used to adjust or distribute a vertical downward force that an attached implement applies to the frame of a vehicle towing the implement. A sensor assembly can identify the torque that is being applied to the front and rear axles. The torque data can be used to generate adjustments to the vertical load actuator, which can to adjust an amount of load applied to the front and/or rear axles. In this way, vertical load may be efficiently distributed between the front and rear axles automatically.


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