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US 12,382,853 B2Granted
Clutched driveline for wings on flex wing cutter
AssigneeOregon Tool, Inc.
InventorBrandon Joel Marquardt
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Abstract
A tractor implement configured to be towed by a tractor includes a gearbox comprising an input shaft and an output shaft, a mechanical clutch coupled to the gearbox, an actuator coupled to the mechanical clutch, and a driveline coupled to the gearbox via the mechanical clutch. The actuator is controllable to move the mechanical clutch to selectively engage and disengage the output shaft with the driveline.
Claims20
A tractor implement configured to be towed by a tractor, the tractor implement comprising:
- a gearbox comprising an input shaft and a output shaft;
- a mechanical clutch coupled to the gearbox;
- an actuator coupled to the mechanical clutch and positioned at the gearbox;
- and
- a driveline coupled to the gearbox via the mechanical clutch;
- wherein the actuator is controllable to move the mechanical clutch to selectively engage and disengage the output shaft with the driveline.
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A flex wing cutter, comprising:
- a first deck;
- a second deck rotatably coupled to the first deck;
- a first gearbox positioned on the first deck;
- a second gearbox positioned on the second deck;
- a driveline extending from the first gearbox to the second gearbox;
- a mechanical clutch coupled to the second gearbox;
- and
- an actuator configured to move, independent of relative positions of the first deck and the second deck, the mechanical clutch such that actuation of the actuator selectively engages and disengages the driveline from the first gearbox.
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A mowing system, comprising:
- a tractor;
- and
- a flex wing cutter towed by the tractor, wherein the flex wing cutter comprises:
- a first deck;
- a second deck rotatably coupled to the first deck;
- a first gearbox positioned on the first deck;
- a second gearbox positioned on the second deck;
- a driveline extending from the first gearbox to the second gearbox;
- a mechanical clutch coupled to the first gearbox;
- and
- an actuator configured to move, independent of relative positions of the first deck and the second deck, the mechanical clutch such that actuation of the actuator selectively engages and disengages the driveline from the first gearbox.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.