Header for an agricultural vehicle with deformable supports
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsHerbert M. Farley, Benjamin Kemmerer, David M. DeChristopher, Blaine R. Noll, Bart M. A. Missotten
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Abstract
An agricultural vehicle includes a chassis and a header carried by the chassis. The header includes: a frame coupled to the chassis; a cutter bar assembly connected to the frame; a plurality of linkage arms connected to the cutter bar assembly; and a plurality of sacrificial connectors each connected to a respective one of the linkage arms and the frame, each of the plurality of sacrificial connectors including at least one sacrificial region configured to deform or shatter upon an overload force acting on the respectively connected linkage arm.
Claims20
An agricultural vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis;
- and
- a header carried by said chassis, said header including:
- a frame coupled to said chassis;
- a cutter bar assembly connected to said frame;
- a plurality of linkage arms connected to said cutter bar assembly and said frame;
- and
- a plurality of sacrificial connectors each connecting a respective one of said linkage arms to said frame, each of said plurality of sacrificial connectors including at least one sacrificial region configured to one of deform and shatter upon an overload force acting on said respectively connected linkage arm.
A header for an agricultural vehicle, comprising:
- a frame;
- a cutter bar assembly connected to said frame;
- a plurality of linkage arms connected to said cutter bar assembly and said frame;
- and
- a plurality of sacrificial connectors each connecting a respective one of said linkage arms to said frame, each of said plurality of sacrificial connectors including at least one sacrificial region configured to one of deform and shatter upon an overload force acting on said respectively connected linkage arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.