System and method for leveling an agricultural implement
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsJason Czapka, Keith Walter Wendte
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Abstract
A system includes an agricultural implement, a sensor, and a control system. The agricultural implement is configured to be coupled to an agricultural vehicle. The sensor is coupled to the agricultural implement and configured to output a signal indicative of a pitch angle of the agricultural implement. The control system is configured to receive the signal indicative of the pitch angle from the sensor, determine whether the pitch angle is within a pitch angle range, generate a hitch height control signal indicative of instructions to adjust a hitch actuator if the pitch angle is not within the pitch angle range, and communicate the hitch height control signal.
Claims17
A system, comprising:
- an agricultural implement configured to be coupled to an agricultural vehicle;
- a sensor coupled to the agricultural implement and configured to output a signal indicative of a pitch angle of the agricultural implement;
- and
- a control system configured to:
- receive the signal indicative of the pitch angle from the sensor;
- determine whether the pitch angle is within a pitch angle range;
- generate a hitch height control signal indicative of instructions to adjust a hitch actuator if the pitch angle is not within the pitch angle range;
- and
- communicate the hitch height control signal.
A system, comprising:
- an agricultural vehicle, comprising a hitch;
- a hitch actuator configured to adjust a hitch height;
- an agricultural implement coupled to the agricultural vehicle via the hitch, wherein the agricultural implement comprises a sensor configured to output a signal indicative of an implement pitch angle of the agricultural implement;
- and
- a control system configured to:
- receive the signal indicative of the implement pitch angle from the sensor;
- determine whether the pitch angle is within a pitch angle range;
- generate a hitch height control signal indicative of instructions to adjust the hitch actuator if the pitch angle is not within the pitch angle range;
- and
- communicate the hitch height control signal to the hitch actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.