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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2022
Drive arrangement of a conditioning apparatus of a forage harvester having an electrical drive train
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 43/08 (2006.01); A01D 69/02 (2006.01); A01D 82/00 (2006.01); A01D 82/02 (2006.01); H02P 3/14 (2006.01); A01D 45/02 (2006.01); A01D 69/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 43/085 (2013.01); A01D 43/081 (2013.01); A01D 69/02 (2013.01); A01D 82/02 (2013.01); H02P 3/14 (2013.01); A01D 45/02 (2013.01); A01D 69/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drive arrangement of a conditioning apparatus of a forage harvester having two conditioning rollers, with at least one of the conditioning rollers able to be driven at variable speed via an electrical drive train, includes an electric motor/generator for driving the conditioning roller. The electric motor/generator is able to be operated as a generator for braking the conditioning roller and to return the generated electrical energy into a drive system of the forage harvester.