Method for supplying a mobile usage unit with a consumable
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsNorbert Fritz, Martin Kremmer
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Abstract
A method for supplying a mobile usage unit with a consumable delivered by a movable delivery connection of a maintenance station to a supply inlet of the mobile usage unit includes identifying via a sensor system a supply inlet of the mobile usage unit, the sensor system providing data to a control unit, fluidly connecting via the control unit the delivery connection to the identified supply inlet, delivering via the control unit the consumable to the supply inlet, and after the delivery of the consumable has terminated, fluidly separating via the control unit the delivery connection from the supply inlet.
Claims17
A method for supplying a mobile usage unit with a consumable delivered by a movable delivery connection of a maintenance station to a supply inlet of the mobile usage unit, comprising:
- storing the consumable in a storage container fluidly connected to the delivery connection wherein the connection includes a delivery line stored on a rotationally moveable storage drum;
- identifying a supply inlet of the mobile usage unit via a sensor system arranged on the maintenance station, the sensor system providing data to a control unit;
- adjusting the effective working length of the delivery line via a drive unit, the drive unit rotating the storage drum as a function of detected movement of the delivery connection;
- fluidly connecting via the control unit the delivery connection to the identified supply inlet;
- delivering via the control unit the consumable to the supply inlet;
- and
- after the delivery of the consumable has terminated, fluidly separating via the control unit the delivery connection from the supply inlet.
A method for supplying a mobile usage unit with a consumable delivered by a movable delivery connection of a maintenance station to a supply inlet of the mobile usage unit, comprising:
- storing the consumable in a storage container fluidly connected to the delivery connection wherein the connection includes a delivery line stored on a rotationally moveable storage drum;
- identifying the supply inlet of the mobile usage unit via a sensor system arranged on the maintenance station, the sensor system providing data to a control unit;
- adjusting an effective working length of the delivery line via a drive unit, the drive unit rotating the storage drum as a function of detected movement of the delivery connection;
- fluidly connecting via the control unit the delivery connection to the identified supply inlet, the delivery connection including an activatable connection valve, and the supply inlet including an activatable inlet valve;
- delivering via the control unit the consumable to the supply inlet;
- terminating via the control unit the delivery of the consumable as a function of a comparison with a predetermined limit value;
- and
- fluidly separating via the control unit the delivery connection from the supply inlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.