Crop sensor wands and related devices systems and methods
AssigneeAg Leader Technology
InventorsLucas Roe, Parker Wells, Mel Zayas, Jacob Werner, Brett Johnson
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Abstract
A stalk sensing system, comprising a bracket, sensor shell configured to be mounted to the bracket, a sensor configured for insertion into the sensor shell, a wand configured to be mounted to the sensor shell, and one or more anti-rotation features. The harvester and stalk sensing system may also into one or more board holding features and, optionally, a crop divertor(s).
Claims20
A stalk sensing system, comprising:
- (a) a bracket;
- (b) a sensor shell configured to be mounted to the bracket;
- (c) a sensor configured for insertion into the sensor shell;
- (d) a wand configured to be mounted to the sensor shell;
- and
- (e) one or more anti-rotation features.
A corn header comprising a plurality of row units, each row unit comprising a set of gathering chains, and a crop divertor extending from a body of the row unit over a gathering chain sprocket, the crop divertor comprising an angled body with an outer surface configured to contact crops when the row unit is misaligned and urge the crops toward a center of the row unit.
A stalk sensor assembly comprising:
- (a) a wand;
- (b) a sensor shell configured to mate with the wand;
- and
- (c) a bracket configured to mate with the sensor shell,
- wherein the stalk sensor assembly comprise one or more anti-rotation features.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.