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US 12,751,350 B2Granted
Protective frame for wheel of an agricultural working vehicle and method for mounting a protective frame on a wheel of an agricultural working vehicle
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorThiago Kato Perez
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Abstract
A protective wheel frame of an agricultural working vehicle includes a segment configured to surround at least a front portion of a wheel of the agricultural working vehicle and a connection element. The protective wheel frame may also include additional frame segments that form a structure to support a rigid covering. A method for mounting the protective wheel frame on the agricultural working vehicle wheel includes steps for mounting and coupling segments and connecting elements of the protective wheel frame.
Claims17
A protective frame for a wheel of an agricultural working vehicle, the protective frame comprising:
- a base segment configured to at least partially surround a front of the wheel of the agricultural working vehicle, wherein the base segment is an elongated frame member;
- a support element configured to block movement of the base segment;
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- a junction element fixed to the base segment and configured to join the base segment and the support element;
- wherein the base segment comprises at least one attachment point in at least one end to secure the base segment to a wheel suspension frame;
- wherein the support element comprises at least one attachment point at a first end to attach to the wheel suspension frame;
- wherein the junction element comprises at least one attachment point to attach to a second end of the support element;
- wherein the base segment has a fold in a length of the base segment, a first portion of the base segment maintains a linear segment, and a second portion of the base segment is arcuate and extends until reaching an outside of the wheel;
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- wherein the junction element is configured to be positioned on an inside of the wheel, the junction element is positioned at an intersection of the first and second portions of the base segment, and the first portion extends upwardly from the junction element to the at least one attachment point of the base segment.
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A method for mounting a protective frame on a wheel of an agricultural working vehicle, the method comprising:
- mounting a support element on an inside of the wheel of the agricultural working vehicle, wherein a first end of the support element is fixed on a wheel suspension frame by at least one attachment point of the support element;
- mounting a base segment on the wheel of the agricultural working vehicle, wherein the base segment is an elongated frame member, a first portion of the base segment is fixed to the wheel suspension frame by at least one attachment point of the base segment, a second portion of the base segment is arcuate and extends until the second portion reaches an outer part of the wheel, the support element and the base segment are joined via a junction element fixed to the base segment, a second end of the support element is fixed to the junction element by at least one attachment point of the junction element, and the support element is configured to block movement of the base segment;
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- mounting:
- an additional junction element to the first portion of the base segment;
- a bearing segment on the base segment and the additional junction element, wherein the bearing segment vertically surrounds at least part of the wheel and has two ends, one end of the bearing segment being fixed to a portion of the base segment that is on an outside of the wheel, and the other end of the bearing segment being fixed to a portion of the base segment that is on the inside of the wheel;
- a side segment in a portion of the bearing segment and the portion of the base segment that are on the outside of the wheel;
- an auxiliary segment on an inner part of the wheel of the agricultural working vehicle, wherein an upper part of the auxiliary segment is fixed on the wheel suspension frame in at least one point, and a lower part of the auxiliary segment is fixed on the junction element in at least one point;
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- at least one coupling element in the second portion of the base segment.
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A protective frame for a wheel of an agricultural working vehicle, the protective frame comprising:
- a base segment configured to at least partially surround a front of the wheel of the agricultural working vehicle, wherein the base segment comprises at least one attachment point in at least one end to secure the base segment to a wheel suspension frame;
- a support element configured to stabilize the base segment on the wheel, wherein the support element comprises at least one attachment point at a first end to attach to the wheel suspension frame;
- a junction element fixed to the base segment and configured to join the base segment and the support element, wherein the junction element comprises at least one attachment point to attach to a second end of the support element;
- an arcuate and modular bearing segment which vertically surrounds at least part of the wheel, wherein ends of the arcuate and modular bearing segment are arranged one on each inner and outer side of the wheel and are fixed on the base segment;
- a modular and curved side segment, wherein ends of the modular and curved side segment are fixed to the arcuate and modular bearing segment and to the base segment on the outer side of the wheel;
- an additional junction element with at least one attachment point at each end, the additional junction element being fixed at one end to a first end of the base segment and having the other end fixed to the arcuate and modular bearing segment;
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- a modular auxiliary segment with a fold in a length of the modular auxiliary segment, fixed to the wheel suspension frame and parallel to the base segment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.