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US 2024/0381802 A1Published application
System and method for detecting bolt shear in a shank assembly of an agricultural implement
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorJoshua David Knoblauch
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Abstract
An agricultural system includes a tillage implement with a frame, a shank mount coupled to or integrally formed with the frame, a rotary sensor coupled to the shank mount, and a shank coupled to a bracket via a first fastener. The tillage implement also includes a rod assembly with a first end portion coupled to the bracket via a shear bolt that is configured to shear upon contact by the shank and a second end portion coupled to a rotary shaft of the rotary sensor.
Claims20
An agricultural system, comprising:
- a tillage implement, comprising:
- a frame;
- a shank mount coupled to or integrally formed with the frame;
- a rotary sensor coupled to the shank mount;
- a shank coupled to a bracket via a first fastener;
- and
- a rod assembly comprising a first end portion coupled to the bracket via a shear bolt that is configured to shear upon contact by the shank and a second end portion coupled to a rotary shaft of the rotary sensor.
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A tillage implement, comprising:
- a frame;
- a shank mount coupled to or integrally formed with the frame;
- a shank coupled to a bracket via a first fastener;
- and
- a sensor assembly, comprising:
- a rotary sensor coupled to the shank mount;
- and
- a rod assembly coupled to the bracket via a shear bolt that is configured to shear upon contact by the shank and coupled to the rotary sensor.
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A method of operating an agricultural system, the method comprising:
- shearing, with a shank configured to engage soil in a field during tillage operations, a shear bolt that couples a rod assembly to a bracket;
- rotating, via rotation of a rod of the rod assembly due to shearing of the shear bolt, a rotary shaft of a rotary sensor;
- and
- providing, via a display device, an output indicative of an occurrence of shank displacement in response to the rotating of the rotary shaft of the rotary sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.