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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2024
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Troy M. Heims, Davenport, IA (US);
Alex Brimeyer, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
Upon detection of a header slip or stall event involving one or more driven bodies of a header of a combine harvester, the header can be moved out of the crop material, and a drive system is disengaged. An auxiliary action can automatically displace a component(s) of the header to a location that can assist with clearing a blockage from the header. A driver of the drive system is automatically operated in reverse to displace the driven body(ies) in a direction that can move the blockage out of the header. The drive system can then automatically reengage, and, in connection with determining if the blockage has been cleared from the header, the driven bodies can again be driven in a direction associated with harvesting crop material. If the blockage is not cleared, a determination can be made as to whether an attempt can again be made to clear the blockage.