US 2026/0096516 A1Published application

Bale handler control system for an agricultural harvester

AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC

InventorsNicholas Shane, Douglas J. Bollin, Jason D. Wattonville, Jordan Beckhusen

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Abstract

A bale handler control system for a bale handler of an agricultural harvester includes a controller configured to control the bale handler to automatically discharge a bale from the agricultural harvester based on a programmable control scheme. The controller may control the bale handler to transition among a plurality of configurations to enable the automatic bale discharge process. The bale handler control system may automatically discharge the bale following completion of weighing of the bale. As such, an operator of the agricultural harvester may no longer be required to provide a manual command each time a bale is ready to be discharged during field operation

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Dependent claims

A bale handler control system for a bale handler of an agricultural harvester, comprising:

a controller comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the controller is configured to:
control one or more actuators of the bale handler to discharge a bale from the agricultural harvester, wherein the one or more actuators drive one or more articulatable sections of the bale handler to establish a plurality of positions, by:
receiving at least one sensor signal, wherein the at least one sensor signal comprises a first sensor signal indicative of completion of weighing of the bale on the bale handler, and the bale handler is in a carry position of the plurality of positions to weigh the bale;
determining the weighing of the bale is complete based on the first sensor signal;
and
in response to determining the weighing of the bale is complete, controlling the one or more actuators to transition the bale handler from the carry position to a discharge position of the plurality of positions to discharge the bale from the agricultural harvester.

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A bale handler system of an agricultural harvester, comprising:

a bale handler comprising one or more actuators that drive one or more articulatable sections of the bale handler to establish a plurality of positions;
and
a bale handler control system, comprising:
a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more actuators, wherein the controller comprises a processor and a memory, and the controller is configured to:
control one or more actuators of the bale handler to discharge a bale from the agricultural harvester by:
receiving at least one sensor signal, wherein the at least one sensor signal comprises a first sensor signal indicative of completion of weighing of the bale on the bale handler, and the bale handler is in a carry position of the plurality of positions to weigh the bale;
determining the weighing of the bale is complete based on the first sensor signal;
and
in response to determining the weighing of the bale is complete, controlling the one or more actuators to transition the bale handler from the carry position to a discharge position of the plurality of positions to discharge the bale from the agricultural harvester.

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A method for controlling a bale handler of an agricultural harvester, comprising:

controlling, via a controller having a processor and a memory, one or more actuators of the bale handler to discharge a bale from the agricultural harvester, wherein the one or more actuators drive one or more articulatable sections of the bale handler to establish a plurality of positions, by:
receiving at least one sensor signal, wherein the at least one sensor signal comprises a first sensor signal indicative of completion of weighing of the bale on the bale handler, and the bale handler is in a carry position of the plurality of positions to weigh the bale;
determining the weighing of the bale is complete based on the first sensor signal;
and
in response to determining the weighing of the bale is complete, controlling the one or more actuators to transition the bale handler from the carry position to a discharge position of the plurality of positions to discharge the bale from the agricultural harvester.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.