Settings control of an agricultural vehicle

• US 20060241837A1
• Filed: 04/19/2006
• Published: 10/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blue Leaf IP Incorporated (CNH Industrial N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Blue Leaf IP Incorporated (CNH Industrial N.V.)
• Inventors: Jarrett, Tim, Holmes, Jim, Rossi, Roberta
• Granted Patent: US 7,756,623 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/50
• CPC Class Codes: A01B 63/00 Lifting or adjusting devices or arrangements for agricultural machines or implements lifting mechanisms for the cutter-bar of a mower A01D34/24; adjusting devices for the cutter-bar of a mower A01D34/28; constructional features of lifting devices per se B66F

Abstract

An agricultural vehicle with a plurality of controlled implements, is provided with a programmable computer having input devices for receiving data and instructions from the vehicle operator and connected to send control signals to the implements, and a display screen connected to the computer to display information regarding the operation of the vehicle and the implements. The computer is programmed to enable the operator to record the prevailing values of the settings of the different implements in a memory.

Claims

1. An agricultural vehicle comprising:

a plurality of controlled implements;

a programmable computer having input devices for receiving data and instructions from an operator of the vehicle, said computer connected to send control signals to the implements; and

a display screen connected to the computer to display information regarding the operation of the vehicle and the implements, wherein the computer is programmed to enable the operator to record the prevailing values of the settings of the different implements in a memory.

2. An agricultural vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operator may set the implements automatically from values retrieved from the memory.

3. An agricultural vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the memory has storage locations for default settings accessible by any operator in addition to storage locations accessible separately by an individual operators.

4. An agricultural vehicle as claimed in claim 3, wherein the default settings are permanently entered into the memory at manufacture.

5. An agricultural vehicle as claimed in claim 3, wherein the computer is programmed to allow authorized operators to overwrite the default settings.