US 12,246,570 B2
Height-adjustable agricultural vehicles and methods of transferring loads therein
Jason Darwin Sieve, Jackson, MN (US)
Assigned to AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US)
Appl. No. 18/575,933
Filed by AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 7, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/056297
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 2, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/285932, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 19, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/221,593, filed on Jul. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0308290 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. B60G 17/018 (2006.01); B60G 3/01 (2006.01); B60G 17/016 (2006.01); B60G 17/017 (2006.01); B62D 49/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/018 (2013.01) [B60G 17/016 (2013.01); B60G 17/017 (2013.01); B60G 3/01 (2013.01); B60G 2300/08 (2013.01); B60G 2400/60 (2013.01); B60G 2400/64 (2013.01); B60G 2800/214 (2013.01); B62D 49/0678 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating an agricultural vehicle comprising a chassis, four ground-engaging elements configured to support the chassis above a ground surface, and four support assemblies supporting the chassis on the ground-engaging elements, wherein each support assembly comprises a height-adjustment actuator, each height-adjustment actuator configured to operate independently of other height-adjustment actuators, the method comprising:
receiving a command to transfer a load from a first of the ground-engaging elements to second, third, and fourth ground-engaging elements;
adjusting at least one of the height-adjustment actuators such that the first ground-engaging element is at a different height than the second, third, and fourth ground-engaging elements;
transferring a load from a first portion of the ground surface providing a first traction at the first ground-engaging element to at least a second portion of the ground surface at at least one of the second, third, or fourth ground-engaging elements, the second portion of the ground surface providing a second traction greater than the first traction; and
driving at least one of the second, third, and fourth ground-engaging elements while the load is carried by the second, third, and fourth ground-engaging elements.