Alternator control system for a planter
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsTyson J. Dollinger, David Schulte, Robert Longua
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Abstract
An agricultural vehicle system including a towing vehicle and an implement towed by the towing vehicle. The towing vehicle supplying pressurized hydraulic fluid to the implement. The implement includes a chassis, an electrical generation device carried by the chassis and a hydraulic flow control system. The electrical generation device has a hydraulically driven motor coupled to the pressurized hydraulic fluid. The hydraulic flow control system is configured to alter a flow of the hydraulic fluid to the motor and to maintain a speed of the motor, with the speed being dependent upon a configuration input defining a configuration of the implement to which the electrical generation device is coupled.
Claims20
An agricultural vehicle system, comprising:
- a towing vehicle;
- and
- an implement towed by said towing vehicle, said towing vehicle supplying pressurized hydraulic fluid to said implement, said implement including:
- a chassis;
- an electrical generation device carried by said chassis, said electrical generation device having a hydraulically driven motor coupled to the pressurized hydraulic fluid;
- and
- a hydraulic flow control system configured to alter a flow of the hydraulic fluid to said motor and to maintain a speed of said motor, said speed being dependent upon a configuration input defining a configuration of the implement to which the electrical generation device is coupled.
An agricultural implement to be towed by a towing vehicle supplying pressurized hydraulic fluid to the implement, the agricultural implement comprising:
- a chassis;
- an electrical generation device carried by said chassis, said electrical generation device having a hydraulically driven motor coupled to the pressurized hydraulic fluid;
- and
- a hydraulic flow control system configured to alter a flow of the hydraulic fluid to said motor and to maintain a speed of said motor, said speed being dependent upon a configuration input defining a configuration of the implement to which the electrical generation device is coupled.
A method of controlling an electrical generator coupled to an implement capable of being towed by a towing vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- supplying pressurized hydraulic fluid to the implement;
- hydraulically driving a motor using the pressurized hydraulic fluid, the motor being coupled to an electrical generation device carried by the implement;
- and
- controlling a flow of the hydraulic fluid to said motor and to maintain a speed of said motor, said speed being dependent upon a configuration input defining a configuration of the implement to which the electrical generation device is coupled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.