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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2024
Cnh Industrial Belgium N.v., Zedelgem, BE;
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Arno Leenknegt, Hooglede, BE;
Thomas Mahieu, West-Vleteren, BE;
Bart M. A. Missotten, Herent, BE;
Nathan Isaac, Lancaster, PA (US);
Michael Rush, Lancaster, PA (US);
Joseph Best, Leola, PA (US);
CNH Industrial Belgium N.V., Zedelgem, BE;
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A combine harvester with a grain tank for storing harvested grain, an unload conveyor for unloading the harvested grain stored in the grain tank into a nearby grain hauling vehicle, a chopper for chopping residue straw, and a spreader system for spreading the chopped residue straw in an area behind the combine harvester. The combine harvester further includes a radar-based residue monitoring system for monitoring a spreading distribution of the chopped residue straw. A controller is configured to receive sensor signals from one or more radar sensors of the radar-based residue monitoring system, and to detect a presence of the nearby grain hauling vehicle based on the received sensor signals.