Combine head skid plate with optimized shape
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsShreyas Modak, Mark Schuler, Adam L. Heeren, Sai K. Nandigam
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Abstract
A skid plate for use with a combine harvester head unit moving in a direction of travel. The skid plate includes a body, and a contact surface at least partially defined by the body, the contact surface including a leading edge facing the direction of travel and a trailing edge opposite the leading edge, where the contact surface at least partially defines a groove, where the groove defines a groove width, and where the groove width varies as the groove extends away from the leading edge.
Claims20
A skid plate for use with a combine harvester head unit moving in a direction of travel, the skid plate comprising:
- a body;
- and
- a contact surface at least partially defined by the body, the contact surface including a leading edge facing the direction of travel and a trailing edge opposite the leading edge,
- wherein the contact surface at least partially defines a groove, wherein the groove defines a groove width, and wherein the groove width varies as the groove extends away from the leading edge.
A skid plate for use with a combine harvester head unit, the skid plate comprising:
- a body;
- and
- a contact surface at least partially defined by the body,
- wherein the contact surface at least partially defines a groove, wherein the groove includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall, and wherein the first sidewall is not parallel to the second sidewall over the entire length of the first sidewall.
A skid plate for use with a combine harvester head unit, the skid plate comprising:
- a body;
- a contact surface including a leading edge and a trailing edge opposite the leading edge, wherein the contact surface includes:
- a first groove having a first end open to the leading edge and a second end opposite the first end,
- a second groove having a first end open to the leading edge and a second end opposite the first end, and
- a collection groove having a first end open to the second end of the first groove and the second end of the second groove, and wherein the first groove, the second groove, and the collection groove all have the same depth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.