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Automatic implement identification system

  • US 9,180,889 B2
  • Filed: 09/11/2013
  • Issued: 11/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A component identification system for a vehicle-component system wherein a selected one of a plurality of different components is coupled to a vehicle, the component identification system comprising:

  • a single sensor sensing a condition of the selected component, the single sensor generating a sensor signal, the sensor signal having a signal characteristic which has a unique value related to the selected component; and

    a signal processing unit receiving the sensor signal from the single sensor, the signal processing unit identifying the selected component as a function of the value;

    wherein;

    the plurality of components comprises a plurality of hydraulic cylinders, each of the cylinders having a different stroke length; and

    the signal characteristic has a plurality of different values, each value relating to a corresponding one of the different stroke lengths.

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