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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Agco International Gmbh, Neuhausen, CH;
Inventors:
Dan Hermann, Randers, DK;
Morten Leth Bilde, Langaa, DK;
Assignee:
AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/127 (2006.01); A01F 12/44 (2006.01); G01P 5/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/1276 (2013.01); A01D 41/1272 (2013.01); A01F 12/444 (2013.01); A01F 12/448 (2013.01); G01P 5/242 (2013.01);
Abstract
An impact sensor is mounted in a duct of a grain cleaning system above an upper sieve. The impact sensor has an upstream-facing impact-sensing surface with respect to a cleaning airstream, and is configured to transduce impact events and generate impact signals. An electronic control unit (ECU) is configured to generate control signals based upon a particle energy value that is determined from the impact signals. The control signals may serve to adjust various working units of a combine harvester including, by way of example, a cleaning fan and sieves.