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7431101 |
A versatile load sensing hydraulic system capable of being adapted to a variety of possible configurations for vehicle mounted implements such as plow/spreader type vehicles or the like is disclosed. An embodiment of the hydraulic system...
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7400957 |
An automatic steering of an agricultural tractor on a surface of a field to be processed is accomplished by equipping the tractor with a camera for taking a picture of a region of the field, which is in front of the tractor, including th...
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7395870 |
To provide a construction machine capable of encouraging an operator to perform the driving and the operation for enhancing fuel efficiency. The construction machine includes information providing means 30 to notify the operator of the...
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7343230 |
A method of operating an automated land maintenance vehicle over a work area includes (a) determining a work regime by dividing the work area into regions; selecting at least one instruction for the vehicle to follow with respect to each...
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7293376 |
A grading control system for a work machine having a work implement for grading along a grade defined by a laser plane generator is disclosed. The system includes tilt and lift actuators associated with the work implement and configured ...
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7277784 |
The invention refers to a combination of a self-propelled harvester ( 32 ) and a transport vehicle ( 33 ), set up to accept crops from the harvester, which has at least one driven and at least one steered axle, wherein the transport vehi...
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7264063 |
A sod harvester includes a sod cut-off system driven by a hydraulic actuator controlled by a processor in response to signals from a ground speed sensor to cut a strip of sod to a desired length. The controller also operating to control ...
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7263422 |
Embodiments of the present invention recite system for controlling an agricultural vehicle. In one embodiment the system comprises a vehicle guidance system for determining a course correction for the agricultural vehicle based upon posi...
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7216033 |
In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a path planner and method for planning a path of a vehicle defines a reference row having a reference contour in a work area. A representation of the defined reference row is establishe...
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7188015 |
Embodiments of the present invention recite system for controlling a mobile machine. In one embodiment the system comprises a position determining component for determining the geographic position of the mobile machine. The system furthe...
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7036248 |
A backhoe control pattern selection arrangement is provided for a backhoe controlled by two control levers. The two levers are operatively connected to hydraulic systems that operate the boom and crowd hydraulic cylinders. An electricall...
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7025148 |
The invention concerns a vehicle with an attachment, which has a lifting drive with at least one hydraulic cylinder and a control device, the control device having a position sensor and a position generator. It is endeavored to improve t...
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7017674 |
Changing operating characteristics of an implement can expand the capabilities of and enhances the productivity of the implement. The disclosed method and apparatus for changing operating characteristics of an implement comprises, provid...
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7010425 |
A method for planning a path for a vehicle comprises creating a travel row transparency over a mapped area. The travel row transparency comprises one or more travel rows are split into travel row sections defined by intersecting the trav...
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6980895 |
An electronic control system for use in an agricultural vehicle having a hitch for towing an implement. The control system controls any one or more of a plurality of sub-systems relating to the vehicle operation. The electronic control s...
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6945019 |
A compact three-bar linkage steering probe assembly, particularly useful with ultra-narrow row cotton harvester units, includes two vertical rocker arms pivotally connected to a harvester row unit at mid-point locations and upper ends co...
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6934615 |
A system and method for determining a path plan for a vehicle includes organizing a work area into partition areas based on at least one of an obstacle, a concavity, and an exclusion area associated with a work area. An external cost ind...
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6907336 |
A border of a designated area is defined within a work area. A designated axis is determined for the designated area. A series of generally parallel rows are aligned consistent with a travel axis having a known alignment with respect to ...
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6879899 |
A method for controlling an automatic bucket control system during loading of a work implement of a work machine is disclosed. The method includes the steps of determining when the work implement engages a pile of material, initiating th...
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6820699 |
An apparatus and method for controlling positions of an implement and a marker associated with a work vehicle. The apparatus includes a hydraulic circuit coupled to a first cylinder that governs the position of the marker, a first valve ...
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6711838 |
A method is provided for determining the location of a work machine at a work site, where the work machine includes a house, a boom connected to the house, a stick connected to the boom, and a work implement connected to the house. Refer...
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6691435 |
A snow plow system for use with a skid steer loader includes a V-plow blade that is repositionable by a hydraulic actuator operated by pressurized hydraulic fluid supplied to the actuator from the auxiliary hydraulic output of the skid s...
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6691010 |
The present invention is a control system for controlling movement of a work implement from a dig location to a dump location. The work implement has at least four degrees of freedom defined by a swing joint angle θ swing , a boom joint...
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6688403 |
A hitch control system controls a hitch for coupling an implement to a utility vehicle. The hitch includes longitudinally adjustable coupling elements operable to shift or pivot the implement in a lateral direction relative to the utilit...
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6688245 |
A cultivating and seeding machine is provided with a seeding unit and a tillage device and/or a land roller. The seeding unit is provided with a seeding actuator, the tillage device is provided with a tillage actuator and the land roller...
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6675904 |
A set amount of fluid can be constantly supplied to an actuator and a flow-back of fluid from the actuator can be prevented, even in case of developing variations of a load pressure of the actuator and a pressure of a hydraulic pump, and...
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6666279 |
A method of controlling the combination of a tractor and an attached implement includes the calibration of a tractor/implement combination to allow for variations in prevailing slip-pull data at progressively increasing implement draft l...
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6643577 |
When operating a work machine having more than one function, there are situations in which an operator may need to simultaneously control both functions. For instance, when a backhoe loader operator would like to perform a maneuver refer...
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6615569 |
A control system for an agricultural harvester having a frame and a header. The header attaches to a feeder which connects the header to the harvester, and header to feeder attaching point has a position which is adjustable relative to t...
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6615114 |
A calibration system for use on a work machine wherein electro hydraulic controls are utilized to control the operation of a particular work element, the present calibration system being operable in both a semi-automatic mode and an auto...
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6584710 |
A skid steer vehicle with sprung suspensions is configured to lock the suspensions whenever the operator manipulates a manual control that generates a signal to move the loader arms or the bucket of the vehicle. The operator control, suc...
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6547012 |
A tractor/implement combination is controlled through the use of real-time data on the true draft force generated by engagement of an implement with the ground. A method of controlling a tractor/implement combination includes obtaining a...
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6510628 |
A method and apparatus for determining a force of a work tool as the work tool contacts a surface. The method and apparatus includes determining at least one non-contact force exerted on the work tool, determining a calibration factor as...
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6473679 |
An angular velocity control for a boom of a machine is disclosed and a method for controlling the angular velocity of a boom of a machine. The angular velocity control includes a calculator that detects input signals from an operator con...
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6449884 |
Hydraulic excavators 1 working in fields each include a controller 2 , and an operating time is measured for each of an engine 32 , a front 15 , a swing body 13 and a track body 12 . The measured data is stored in a memory of the...
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6430850 |
A backhoe loader is provided with a reversible operator's seat having a first working position facing the loader and a second working position facing the backhoe. A first hydraulic pump directs pressurized hydraulic fluid through a first...
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6427780 |
A communication system for a surveying instrument according to the present invention comprises: a tracking target for reflecting tracking light therefrom; a survey unit for emitting the tracking light toward the tracking target and recei...
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6427107 |
A power management controller for a machine which may be subjected to work assignments taxing the available power of the machine which automatically allocates power to the machine subsystems to ensure continued acceptable machine perform...
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6418364 |
A method for determining a position and a heading of a work machine having a work implement controllably attached. The method includes the steps of positioning the work machine at a desired work location, determining an initial position ...
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6389345 |
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining the cross slope created by a work implement on a work machine operating in an articulated or non-articulated manner. The method includes the steps of determining a pos...
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6378619 |
An agricultural implement includes a frame having a pair of tool-carrying wings pivotally mounted thereon for pivotal movement between raised transport positions and lowered ground-working positions. Each wing has a hydraulic wing actuat...
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6377881 |
A tracked GPS guided ground clearing apparatus and method for clearing brush, small trees, snow, ice and other types of debris, dependent upon remote positioning data and radio communication signals, having an apparatus locator system fo...
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6366821 |
An apparatus and method of providing configuration information to an operator of a work machine adapted to be configured for performing a plurality of work functions. Whether the work machine control system is in power up mode is determi...
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6364028 |
A control system for establishing grade and elevation control for a tool of a construction apparatus for maintaining the vertical position of the tool relative to a reference includes a first ultrasonic transducer configured to be carrie...
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6349775 |
A method and apparatus for obtaining optimal cultivation of a parcel of land. A soil working machine with drivable working members, such as a rotary harrow, is provided with soil working members which rotate about approximately verticall...
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6336066 |
A process for using localized agricultural data to optimize the cultivation of perennial plants, the process including: passage through a parcel of perennial plants by a farm machine; automatic production of positioning signals at severa...
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6321141 |
A method and a device are provided for detecting a tendency of a vehicle to tip about a vehicle axis oriented in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. To this end, a variable is ascertained describing the dynamics of the vehicle lin...
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6317676 |
Apparatuses and methods for controlling the slip of a work machine having a ground-engaging traction device and a hitch operable to receive a ground-engaging implement. A control system receives an actual velocity signal indicative of an...
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6317669 |
An automatically operated shovel has a shovel and an automatic operation controller arranged on the shovel to store by a teaching operation plural working positions of the shovel, which comprises at least a digging position, and also to ...
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6292729 |
A tractor includes various actuators or functions, such as a powershift transmission, a hitch and hitch control system, a PTO, a plurality of selective control valves, etc., all controlled by one or more control units in response to sens...
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