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Forage harvester swath sensor

  • US 10,117,374 B2
  • Filed: 10/28/2014
  • Issued: 11/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A forage harvester comprising:

  • a header to pick up a swath from a ground surface, the header comprising a first and a second distance sensor being adapted to measure a sensor-to-target distance respectively along a first and second sensor axis, wherein the first distance sensor is mounted at a first lateral end of the header and wherein the second distance sensor is mounted at a second lateral end of the header, and wherein the first and second distance sensors are positioned such that, when the header is placed on an even ground surface, the first sensor axis and the second sensor axis extend in a diagonal manner and cross in front of the header before reaching the even ground surface.

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