Tire inflation system for use with an agricultural implement
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1. A tire inflation system for an agricultural implement or implements supported by inflatable tires and attached to a vehicle for movement, the system comprising:
- at least a first sensor supported by the agricultural implement to sense at least a first implement load characteristic and to generate at least a first load signal;
a processor receiving the first load signal and generating tire inflation control signals as a function of at least the first load signal;
a tire inflation controller receiving the inflation control signal and regulating the implement tire pressure as a function of the inflation control signals wherein the control signals tend to decrease the tire pressure as the magnitude of the load signal increases.
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Abstract
A central tire inflation system for an agricultural implement that is linked to a work vehicle for movement in a field. The central tire inflation system includes a database of soil conditions corresponding to location, an implement load sensor, a location determiner, a processor, and tire inflation controller. The processor determines the proper inflation of implement tires based on factors including the soil conditions and implement load.
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23 Claims
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1. A tire inflation system for an agricultural implement or implements supported by inflatable tires and attached to a vehicle for movement, the system comprising:
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at least a first sensor supported by the agricultural implement to sense at least a first implement load characteristic and to generate at least a first load signal;
a processor receiving the first load signal and generating tire inflation control signals as a function of at least the first load signal;
a tire inflation controller receiving the inflation control signal and regulating the implement tire pressure as a function of the inflation control signals wherein the control signals tend to decrease the tire pressure as the magnitude of the load signal increases. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A central tire inflation system for an agricultural implement that is linked to a work vehicle for movement through a field where the implement is supported by inflatable tires, the system for regulating implement tire pressure, the system comprising:
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a predefined and pre-stored database storing soil condition characteristics corresponding to locations within a field in which the implement is to be used wherein the database indicates at least first and second different soil conditions corresponding to first and second different locations within the field;
at least a first load sensor mounted to the implement for sensing at least a first load characteristic associated with the implement and generating a first load characteristic signal;
a location determiner for determining the location of the implement in the field as the implement is moved through the field and for generating location signals;
a processor receiving the location signals and identifying soil conditions proximate the implement by accessing the database, the processor also receiving the first load characteristic signal and generating inflation control signals as a function of the soil conditions proximate the implement and the first load condition signal; and
a tire inflation controller receiving the inflation control signals and regulating the implement tire pressure as a function of the inflation control signals. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for regulating pressure in tires of an implement that is attached to a vehicle for movement, the method comprising the steps of:
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sensing at least a first implement load characteristic;
generating tire inflation control signals as a function of at least the first load characteristic wherein the control signals tend to decrease the tire pressure as the magnitude of the load characteristic increases. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method for use with an agricultural implement that is linked to a work vehicle for movement through a field where the implement is supported by inflatable tires, the method for regulating implement tire pressure, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a predefined and pre-stored database storing soil condition characteristics corresponding to locations within a field in which the implement is to be used wherein the database indicates at least first and second different soil conditions corresponding to first and second different locations within the field;
sensing at least a first load characteristic associated with the implement and generating a first load characteristic signal;
determining the location of the implement in the field as the implement is moved through the field;
identifying soil conditions proximate the implement by accessing the database and identifying the conditions associated with the determined location;
generating inflation control signals as a function of the soil conditions proximate the implement and the first load condition signal; and
regulating the implement tire pressure as a function of the inflation control signals. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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