Front PTO implement auto connect system
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsSpencer H. Morris, Santosh Khadasare, Sean T. Miller
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Abstract
A front PTO implement auto connect system includes a frame having a drive over surface and a pair of rear attachment members automatically and releasably engageable by a tractor rear draft linkage. The system includes a PTO coupling member mounted on the frame, and a front PTO shaft extending forwardly from the frame to a front PTO housing. A front attachment member on the front PTO housing is automatically and releasably engageable by a tractor front hanger. The front PTO implement auto connect system may be picked up with the same or similar linkages used to pick up a mid-mounted implement such as a mower deck.
Claims15
A front power take-off (PTO) implement auto connect system, comprising:
- a frame having a drive over surface and a pair of rear attachment members automatically and releasably engageable by a tractor rear draft linkage;
- a PTO coupling member mounted on the frame;
- a front PTO shaft extending forwardly from the frame to a front PTO housing;
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- a front attachment member on the front PTO housing that is automatically and releasably engageable by a tractor front hanger.
A front power take-off (PTO) implement auto connect system, comprising:
- a PTO coupling member that is releasably engageable with a mid-PTO coupling member on a tractor;
- a drive-over frame supporting the PTO coupling member, the drive-over frame having a rear attachment member that is releasably engageable with a rear lift linkage of the tractor to lift the drive-over frame;
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- a front PTO shaft connected to the PTO coupling member and extending forwardly from the frame toward a front attachment member that is releasably engageable with a front hanger on the tractor.
A front power take-off (PTO) implement auto connect system, comprising:
- a front PTO shaft;
- a PTO coupling member connected to a rear end of the front PTO shaft;
- a drive-over frame supporting the PTO coupling member;
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- a pivotable draft arm extending forward from the frame and supporting a front PTO housing and a forward end of the front PTO shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.