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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinz Weiss, Bensheim, DE;
Gerd Bernhardt, Hänichen, DE;
Mario Wünsche, Radeberg, DE;
Sergiy Fedotov, Dresden, DE;
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 5/904 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 5/904 ;
Abstract
A hitch mechanism for coupling an implement to a utility vehicle includes a coupling frame and six variable length links. The frame has couplers for coupling to the implement. Each link has a first end coupled to the vehicle and a second end coupled to the coupling frame. The links are preferably arranged in the form of a hexapod, so that, in addition to the functions of known three-point hitches, the implement may be steered sideways or shifted sideways, and so that the motion of the coupling frame has six degrees of freedom.