Agricultural implement and a vehicle combination having a sensor to detect the open condition of a cover
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorJean Viaud
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Abstract
A combination is provided of an agricultural implement and vehicle. The implement includes components that can be driven that are connected to a power take-off shaft of the vehicle, the components being covered by at least one manually opened cover. A sensor is also provided to detect the open status of the cover, that is coupled to an electronic control unit of the implement. The electronic control unit, is connected with an electronic control unit of the vehicle. The electronic control unit of the implement instructs the electronic control unit of the vehicle in case of an opening of the cover detected by the sensor and advises an actuator to disengage a clutch of the power take-off shaft and/or to prevent the actuator from engaging the clutch.
Claims3
A combination of an agricultural implement and vehicle for towing or carrying the implement, the vehicle being provided with a power take-off shaft that is selectively engaged and disengaged by way of a clutch, the implement having elements that are driven by the power take-off shaft and that are covered by at least one manually operated cover, and the implement further having a sensor to detect an open condition of the cover the sensor being coupled to an electronic control unit of the implement that brings about an interruption of the drive of the elements of the implement in the case of an opening of the cover detected by the sensor, wherein the electronic control unit of the implement is connected with an electronic control unit of the vehicle, the electronic control unit of the vehicle being connected to an actuator actuated by external forces for the engagement and disengagement of the clutch of the power take-off shaft, and the electronic control unit of the implement affecting the electronic control unit of the vehicle in the case of an opening of the cover detected by the sensor and instructing the actuator to disengage the clutch of the power take-off shaft and/or to prevent the actuator from engaging the clutch.
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