A01D 41/141
Automatic header control
Official title: {Automatic header control}
A01D41/141 (Automatic header control) appears on 430 US grants and 542 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01D- Granted patents
- 430
- Published applications
- 542
- Assignees
- 89
- Inventors
- 731
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 37 | 55 |
| 2024 | 44 | 67 |
| 2025 | 41 | 53 |
| 2026 | 48 | 43 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Header mounted radar for ground detection and active header control6 Oct 2026US 12,751,361 B2Deere & Company
- Predictive biomass map generation and control6 Oct 2026US 12,751,362 B2Deere & Company
- Flexing header with float system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,366 B2MacDon Industries Ltd.
- System and method for adjusting gains for position control of a header of an agricultural harvester29 Sep 2026US 12,745,706 B2CNH Industrial America LLC
- Harvester implement with dynamically adjustable float system15 Sep 2026US 12,733,581 B2Deere & Company
- Harvesting operation monitoring17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271830 A1
- Systems and methods for adjusting harvester cutter heights27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248067 A1Deere & Company
- Material flow monitoring20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240075 A1
- Gauge wheel system for an agricultural header13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231856 A1CNH Industrial America LLC
- Diverter control system for an agricultural harvester reel assembly30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215367 A1CNH Industrial America LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Agricultural vehicle with treatment device which is adjustable in its position and/or orientation relative to the vehicle151US 6,073,070 AClaas KGaA · 2000
- Agricultural harvester ground tracking control system and method using fuzzy logic117US 5,704,200 AControl Concepts, Inc. · 1998
- Agricultural harvester with closed loop header control90US 5,359,836 AControl Concepts, Inc. · 1994
- Unloading arrangement for agricultural harvesting vehicles89US 9,675,008 B1CNH Industrial America LLC · 2017
- Harvesting machine having an obstacle sensing device87US 6,516,595 B2CLAAS Industrietechnik GmbH · 2003