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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenji Hamada, Osaka, JP;
Toshinori Kirihata, Osaka, JP;
Keita Kamikubo, Osaka, JP;
Mikio Takagi, Okayama, JP;
Masami Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Youzaburo Narahara, Osaka, JP;
Koichi Kawasaki, Okayama, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ; A01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
56 111 ; 56 116 ; 56 118 ; 56 146 ; 180-921 ; 180-944 ; 180900 ; 460-1 ; 460119 ;
Abstract
A tracked agricultural combine vehicle for harvesting, hulling and sorting grain includes a grain working section driven via a tension roller clutch controlled power transmission belt and further including integrated control means for left and right side propulsion track assemblies wherein individual track steering commands in the form of differential track speed control are derived from a common steering wheel input; vehicle speed is controlled by a single input means which controls the speed of both tracks.