Deere & Co. (DE) USPTO patents

The invention relates to a method for operating a ground milling machine, in particular a road milling machine, a stabilizer, a recycler, a surface miner or the like, having an interchangeable milling drum, wherein the milling drum is equipped with a plurality of milling tools, in particular round shank picks, wherein the milling drum has a current state, wherein a control unit is provided for controlling at least one function of the ground milling machine, and wherein the milling drum has a characteristic feature or a characteristic feature is assigned to the milling drum.

Systems and methods for agricultural path planning are described.

A construction machine is provided with a control device having an operating panel with operating elements, which can assume numerous switching states/positions, a control and monitoring unit for controlling machine components via control signals signalling the switching state/position of associated operating elements, and a display/signal unit interacting with the control and monitoring unit.

A tank system for a construction machine includes a fuel tank having an outer tank wall that closes off a tank volume to the outside, a withdrawal tank volume, which is separated by a partition wall from a main tank volume of the tank volume and has a fuel-exchanging connection to the main tank volume, and a fuel withdrawal arrangement having a main fuel pump and a withdrawal line opening into the withdrawal tank volume for conveying fuel by the main fuel pump via the withdrawal line from the withdrawal tank volume to a fuel-consuming system region.

A soil working roller for a soil processing machine, in particular a soil compactor, comprising a roller shell (44) extending longitudinally in a direction of a roller axis of rotation (D) and delimiting a roller interior (26), at least one ballast unit (46, 48) arranged in the roller interior (26), characterized in that each ballast unit (46, 48) comprises at least one ballast element (54) supported with respect of the roller shell (24) by means of an elastic suspension assembly (58), wherein the at least one ballast element (54) is permanently coupled to the roller shell (24) by the suspension assembly (58) and is movable with respect to the roller shell in the radial direction, axial direction, and circumferential direction, and/or a plurality of ballast units (46, 48) is provided in the roller interior (26) arranged in series in the circumferential direction, wherein each ballast unit (46, 48) comprises at least one ballast element supported with respect to the roller shell (24) by means of an elastic suspension assembly (58).

A scraper arrangement for a soil tilling roller of a soil tilling machine, comprising a scraper bar (32) which is elongated in the direction of a longitudinal bar axis (B) and is to be attached or is attached by means of at least two articulated units (40) to a machine frame (22) of a soil tilling machine (10) so that it can pivot between an active position and an inactive position, wherein each articulated unit (40) comprises a first articulated carrier element (42) intended to be fixed to a machine frame (22) and a second articulated carrier element (44) intended to be fixed to the scraper bar (32), characterised in that each articulated unit (40) further comprises at least one first articulated connection element (46), wherein the at least one first articulated connection element (46) is pivotably connected to the first articulated carrier element (42) about a first pivot axis (S1) in a first pivot coupling region (50) of the at least one first articulated connection element (46) and is pivotably connected to the second articulated carrier element (44) about a second pivot axis (S2) which is substantially parallel to the first pivot axis (S1) in a second pivot coupling region (54) of the at least one first articulated connection element (46), and comprises at least one second articulated connection element (48), wherein the at least one second articulated connection element (48) is pivotably connected to the first articulated carrier element (42) about a third pivot axis (S3) which is substantially parallel to the first pivot axis (S1) in a first pivot coupling region (60) of the at least one second articulated connection element (48) and is pivotably connected to the second articulated carrier element (44) about a fourth pivot axis (S4) which is substantially parallel to the third pivot axis (S3) in a second pivot coupling region (66) of the at least one second articulated connection element (48).

A protective canopy includes a canopy body, which is switchable between a first position and a second position, a canopy base, a first linkage and a second linkage for connecting the canopy body to the canopy base, each of the first linkage and the second linkage is pivotally connected to both the canopy body and the canopy base, respectively, and pivot axes formed at the pivoting connection positions between each of the first and second linkage and each of the canopy body and the canopy base are parallel to each other, such that the canopy body is switchable relative to the canopy base between the first position and the second position by manipulating the first and/or second linkages and/or the canopy body.

A device is provided for monitoring the compaction of concrete introduced into a slipform of a slipform paver by means of at least one concrete compacting device that has an asynchronous motor for driving an unbalanced mass which generates vibrations.

An earth working machine encompasses a machine body having a machine frame and a drive configuration rotationally drivable relative to the machine frame around a drive axis (A).

A self-propelled milling machine has a machine frame 4 supported by running gears 6A, 6B, a working device 5 provided on the machine frame 4 for working the ground, and a conveyor device 12 for removing material.

A soil processing machine includes a machine frame with two longitudinal beams substantially extending in the longitudinal direction of the machine and two transverse beams substantially extending transverse to the longitudinal beams.

A road milling machine includes a machine frame, at least three travelling devices, a milling drum, and at least one hydraulic drive system.

This invention relates to a method for determining a wear state of a chisel, a chisel holder, and/or a chisel holder replacement system equipped with a chisel and chisel holder.

The invention relates to a self-propelled construction machine, in particular a road milling machine, stabiliser, recycler or surface miner, which has a machine frame 2 supported by at least three running gears 10A, 10B, 11A, 11B, a drive device 14 for driving at least two running gears, and a work roller 4 arranged on the machine frame.

A seat device for a construction machine comprising a positioning device and a seat console having a seat arranged thereon, wherein the positioning device comprises a first pivot arm and a second pivot arm for guiding the seat console along a curved trajectory, wherein the pivot arms respectively comprise a first end and a second end, wherein the respective first end of the pivot arms is supported on the positioning device via a respective first rotary joint, and the respective second end of the pivot arms is connected to the seat console via a respective second rotary joint in a manner as spaced apart from each other.

A wear prognosis method and a maintenance method for an earth working machine are disclosed, along with an apparatus for performing the method.

In a self-propelled construction machine (1), in particular road milling machine, stabilizer, recycler or surface miner, comprising a machine frame (2), and at least one working device (6), in particular milling drum, which is arranged in a housing (4) open towards the bottom that is at least partially closed on at least one side by at least one edge protector (8) height-adjustable relative to the machine frame (2), wherein, for the purpose of height adjustment, at least one first lifting device (10) is provided, the first end (15) of which is connected to the machine frame (2), and the second end (16) of which is connected to the height-adjustable edge protector (8), it is provided for the following features to be achieved: a second lifting device (12) is provided, the first end (18) of which is connected to the machine frame (2), and the second end (20) of which is connected to a first end (22) of a transmission device (14), which is in turn connected, with a second end (24), to the height-adjustable edge protector (8).

The invention relates to a wear component of a milling machine, to a milling machine equipped with such a wear component, and to a method for determining the wear on a wear component.