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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Inventor:
Jason L. Shonk, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 25/18 (2006.01); B06B 1/10 (2006.01); E02D 3/026 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 25/183 (2013.01); B06B 1/10 (2013.01); E02D 3/0265 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a frame, a tractive element coupled to the frame, a prime mover coupled to the frame and configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, and a silage compactor. The silage compactor includes a wheel rotatably coupled to the frame and positioned to engage silage positioned below the frame, a vibrator coupled to the wheel and configured to cause the wheel to vibrate, and a controller configured to control the vibrator to vibrate the wheel while the wheel is in contact with the silage to compress the silage.