US 12,714,000 B2Granted

System and method for detecting disk plugging on an agricultural implement

AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC

InventorsScott Glovier, Joshua David Harmon

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Abstract

A tillage implement is a type of agricultural implement that includes a main implement frame and a disk frame adjustably coupled to the main implement frame, with the disk frame having a plurality of disk blades supported thereon. Furthermore, the tillage implement includes sensors configured to generate data indicative of an orientation of the main implement frame and the disk frame relative to a field surface. Furthermore, the tillage implement includes a computing system communicatively coupled to the sensors. In this respect, the computing system is configured to determine the orientation of the main implement frame and the disk frame relative to the field surface. Additionally, the computing system is configured to determine when the plurality of disk blades are plugged based on the determined orientation of the main implement frame and the disk frame relative to the field surface.

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Dependent claims

A method for detecting plugging of an agricultural implement, the method comprising:

receiving, with a computing system, first sensor data indicative of an inclination of a main implement frame relative to a field surface;
receiving, with the computing system, second sensor data indicative of an inclination of a disk frame relative to a field surface;
determining, with the computing system, the inclination of the main implement frame relative to the field surface based on the received first sensor data;
determining, with the computing system, the inclination of the disk frame relative to the field surface based on the received second sensor data;
determining, with the computing system, when a plurality of disk blades supported on the disk frame are plugged based on the determined inclination of the main implement frame relative to the field surface and the determined inclination of the disk frame relative to the field surface;
and
adjusting, with the computing system, a ground speed of the agricultural implement in response to the determined inclination of the main implement frame relative to the field surface and the determined inclination of the disk frame relative to the field surface, wherein the determined inclination of the main implement frame relative to the field surface and the determined inclination of the disk frame relative to the field surface indicate that the plurality of disk blades are plugged.

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A system for detecting plugging of an agricultural implement, the system comprising:

a main implement frame;
a disk frame adjustably coupled to the main implement frame;
and
a plurality of disk blades supported on the disk frame;
a first sensor configured to generate data indicative of an inclination of the main implement frame relative to a field surface;
a second sensor configured to generate data indicative of an inclination of the disk frame relative to the field surface;
and
a computing system communicatively coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor, the computing system configured to:
determine the inclination of the main implement frame relative to the field surface based on the data generated by the first sensor;
determine the inclination of the disk frame relative to the field surface based on the data generated by the second sensor;
determine when the plurality of disk blades are plugged based on the determined inclination of the main implement frame relative to the field surface and the determined inclination of the disk frame relative to the field surface;
and
adjust a ground speed of the agricultural implement in response to the determined inclination of the main implement frame relative to the field surface and the determined inclination of the disk frame relative to the field surface, wherein the determined inclination of the main implement frame relative to the field surface and the determined inclination of the disk frame relative to the field surface indicate that the plurality of disk blades are plugged.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.