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US 11,758,840 B2Granted
Agricultural harvester with header having conformable portions
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsHerbert M. Farley, Blaine R. Noll, Benjamin Kemmerer
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Abstract
An agricultural header includes a header frame and at least one harvesting element carried by the header frame. The header frame includes a rigid portion, a first conformable portion flexibly coupled to the rigid portion by a first resilient material that allows at least about 1.5° of reversible deflection, and a second conformable portion flexibly coupled to the rigid portion by a second resilient material that allows at least about 1.5° of reversible deflection.
Claims18
An agricultural header, comprising:
- a header frame including:
- a rigid portion;
- a first conformable portion flexibly coupled to the rigid portion by a first resilient material that allows at least about 1.5° of reversible deflection;
- and
- a second conformable portion flexibly coupled to the rigid portion by a second resilient material that allows at least about 1.5° of reversible deflection;
- and
- at least one harvesting element carried by the header frame;
- wherein the first conformable portion is positioned on a first lateral side of the rigid portion, the second conformable portion is positioned on a second lateral side of the rigid portion, opposite the first lateral side, the first resilient member extends across a first lateral gap between the first conformable portion and the rigid portion, the second resilient member extends across a second lateral gap between the second conformable portion and the rigid portion, and at least one of the first conformable portion and the second conformable portion is flexibly coupled to the rigid portion without using a pivot.
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An agricultural harvester, comprising:
- a chassis;
- and
- a header carried by the chassis, the header including:
- a header frame having a rigid portion, a first conformable portion flexibly coupled to the rigid portion by a first resilient material that allows at least about 1.5° of reversible deflection, and a second conformable portion flexibly coupled to the rigid portion by a second resilient material that allows at least about 1.5° of reversible deflection;
- and
- at least one harvesting element carried by the header frame;
- wherein the first conformable portion is positioned on a first lateral side of the rigid portion, the second conformable portion is positioned on a second lateral side of the rigid portion, opposite the first lateral side, the first resilient member extends across a first lateral gap between the first conformable portion and the rigid portion, the second resilient member extends across a second lateral gap between the second conformable portion and the rigid portion, and at least one of the first conformable portion and the second conformable portion is flexibly coupled to the rigid portion without using a pivot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.