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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Stephan Merx, Partenheim, DE;
Nicolas Germann, Waldfischbach, DE;
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 69/00 (2006.01); A01B 69/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 69/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implement for cultivating a field is connected to a self-propelled vehicle that is steered automatically along a first reference path by a steering control unit. The implement is guided in a lateral direction with respect to the vehicle along a second reference path by an implement position control unit by means of an actuator. The steering control unit steam the vehicle in dependence on the position of the actuator at the time.