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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2020
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Rahul Gunda, Pune, IN;
Bryan E. Dugas, Napoleonville, LA (US);
John A. Dighton, Thibodaux, LA (US);
Peter A. Johnson, Thibodaux, LA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A control system for a harvester includes a plurality of actuators, each of which moves of one of the following: a knockdown roller for pressing crops down, a side knife for cutting crops along a substantially vertical plane, a base cutter for cutting crops along a substantially horizontal plane, and a crop divider configured to separate crops into rows. The control system also includes a controller in electrical communication with each actuator of the plurality of actuators. The controller receives a signal indicative of an operational position of at least one actuator of the plurality of actuators, and sends a signal to the at least one actuator of the plurality of actuators to initiate movement of the at least one actuator of the plurality of actuators in response to the received signal.