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US 2025/0353625 A1Published application
Self-aligning liquid coupler systems and related methods
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsMark E. Barker, Nikhil V. Wagher
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a first link to rotate about a pin joint, a second link rotatably coupled to the first link, the second link having a nozzle at a first end and a weight at a second end opposite the first end, and a fluid inlet including a funnel portion and an opening, the funnel portion having a conical taper converging towards the opening.
Claims19
-16. (canceled)
A method for filling a vehicle, the method comprising:
- actuating a linear actuator to extend an arm to project a nozzle assembly towards a fluid inlet of the vehicle;
- determining, with a sensor interface, that the nozzle assembly is located in the fluid inlet;
- actuating a pump to pump a predetermined quantity of fluid from a fluid reservoir to the vehicle to fill the vehicle;
- and
- retracting the arm away from the fluid inlet with the linear actuator.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a linear actuator interface to actuate a linear actuator to extend an arm to project a nozzle assembly towards a fluid inlet of a vehicle;
- a sensor interface to determine that the nozzle assembly is located in the fluid inlet;
- and
- a pump actuator to actuate a pump to pump a predetermined quantity of fluid from a fluid reservoir to the vehicle to fill the vehicle, the linear actuator interface to actuate the linear actuator to retract the arm away from the fluid inlet.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions to cause at least one processor circuit to:
- actuate a linear actuator to extend an arm to project a nozzle assembly towards a fluid inlet of a vehicle;
- determine that the nozzle assembly is located in the fluid inlet;
- actuate a pump to pump a predetermined quantity of fluid from a fluid reservoir to the vehicle to fill the vehicle;
- and
- actuate the linear actuator to retract the arm away from the fluid inlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.