Method of operating an agricultural vehicle
AssigneeCNH America LLC
InventorsDanny Ameye, Ward Byttebier
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Abstract
A method is described for operating an agricultural vehicle to reduce the time taken for rotating components of the crop processing machinery driven by the vehicle engine to reach a standstill. The method comprises the steps of sensing when a signal is generated by the vehicle operator to disengage the drive from the engine to the rotating components, reducing the engine speed in response to the sensed signal to a minimum value below a steady idling speed of the engine, disengaging the drive to the rotating components after the engine speed has reached the minimum value, and increasing the engine speed to a value equal to or greater than the steady idling speed after the disengagement of the drive to the rotating components.
Claims5
A method of operating an agricultural vehicle to reduce the time taken for rotating components of the crop processing machinery driven by the vehicle engine to reach a standstill, which method comprises the steps of:
- sensing when a signal is generated by the vehicle operator to disengage a drive from the engine to the rotating components;
- reducing the engine speed in response to the sensed signal to a minimum value below a steady idling speed of the engine;
- disengaging the drive to the rotating components after the engine speed has reached the said minimum value;
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- increasing the engine speed to a value equal to or greater than the steady idling speed after the disengagement of the drive to the rotating components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.