Work vehicle with flexible power take-off shield
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsNikhil Gupta, James Gessel
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Abstract
A work vehicle includes: a chassis; a housing carried by the chassis and including a cowl; a power take-off extending through the cowl and configured to connect to a power source; and an attachment movably coupled to the housing and including: at least one driven element coupled to the power take-off; and a shield assembly associated with and covering the power take-off. The shield assembly includes a rigid section defining a first diameter and a flexible section coupled to the rigid section and defining a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter. The flexible section is configured to fit over and maintain overlap with the cowl during tilting of the attachment.
Claims17
A work vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a housing carried by the chassis and comprising a cowl;
- a power take-off extending through the cowl and configured to connect to a power source;
- and
- an attachment movably coupled to the housing and comprising:
- at least one driven element coupled to the power take-off;
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- a shield assembly associated with and covering the power take-off, the shield assembly comprising:
- a rigid section defining a first diameter;
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- a flexible section coupled to the rigid section and defining a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter, the flexible section being configured to fit over and maintain overlap with the cowl during tilting of the attachment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.