Electric row cleaner actuation assembly
AssigneeSteering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
InventorsDaniel S. Bruck, Matt R. Burk
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Abstract
An electric row cleaner actuation assembly is provided. The electric row cleaner actuation assembly includes a row cleaner unit engageable with a soil to clear a planting area for a seed planting device to dispense seeds. The electric row cleaner actuation assembly also includes a motor. The actuation assembly further includes a telescoping tube arrangement comprising an inner tube and an outer tube, the outer tube moveable along the inner tube and operatively coupled to the row cleaner unit. The actuation assembly yet further includes a position driving element engageable with the outer tube to displace the outer tube to adjust a downforce applied to the row cleaner unit.
Claims10
An electric row cleaner actuation assembly comprising:
- a row cleaner unit engageable with a soil to clear a planting area for a seed planting device to dispense seeds;
- a motor;
- a telescoping tube arrangement comprising an inner tube and an outer tube, the outer tube moveable along the inner tube and operatively coupled to the row cleaner unit;
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- a position driving element engageable with the outer tube to displace the outer tube to adjust a downforce applied to the row cleaner unit, the position driving element comprising an actuator moveable along a rod, the actuator having at least one anti-rotation pin extending therefrom and into a slot defined by a slot wall of the outer tube, the anti-rotation pin engageable with an upper end of the slot wall to decrease the downforce and engageable with a lower end of the slot wall to increase the downforce.
An electric row cleaner actuation assembly comprising:
- a row cleaner unit engageable with a soil to clear a planting area to dispense seeds;
- an electric motor controlled by a motor controller;
- a downforce adjustment mechanism driven by the electric motor and coupled to the row cleaner unit to adjust a downforce thereof;
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- a downforce controller in wireless communication with the motor controller, the downforce controller receiving commands from a user and communicating a desired downforce to be applied by the row cleaner unit, wherein the nut comprises at least one anti-rotation pin extending therefrom and into a slot defined by a slot wall of the outer tube, the nut engageable with an upper end and a lower end of the slot wall, the downforce adjustment mechanism comprising:
- a telescoping tube arrangement comprising an inner tube and an outer tube, the outer tube moveable along the inner tube and operatively coupled to the row cleaner unit;
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- a position driving element engageable with the outer tube to displace the outer tube to adjust a downforce applied to the row cleaner unit, the position driving element comprising a nut moveable along a threaded rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.