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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 12, 2022
Applicant:

Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);

Inventors:

Eric Fredricks, Daveport, IA (US);

Matthew D'Amicantonio, Jonestown, PA (US);

Bryan B. Finley, Bettendorf, IA (US);

Eric L. Walker, Narvon, PA (US);

Lane Darrow, Marietta, PA (US);

Assignee:

CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 45/02 (2006.01); A01D 41/14 (2006.01); G01B 5/08 (2006.01); G01B 21/10 (2006.01); A01D 75/00 (2006.01); G01B 3/38 (2006.01); G01B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 45/021 (2013.01); A01D 41/141 (2013.01); G01B 5/08 (2013.01); G01B 21/10 (2013.01); A01D 45/023 (2013.01); A01D 45/025 (2013.01); A01D 75/00 (2013.01); G01B 3/38 (2013.01); G01B 5/0035 (2013.01);
Abstract

An agricultural harvester includes: a harvester frame; an agricultural header coupled with the harvester frame, the agricultural header including a plurality of deck plates; and a control system operatively coupled with the harvester frame and the agricultural header, the control system including: at least one sensor coupled with the agricultural header and configured for: detecting a crop material condition associated with a harvesting operation, the crop material condition being a crop material diameter; outputting a crop material condition signal corresponding to the crop material condition; a controller operatively coupled with the at least one sensor and configured for: receiving the crop material condition signal; determining an operative parameter of the plurality of deck plates based at least in part on the crop material condition signal and at least one offset condition signal.


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