US 11,950,533 B2
Mower combination
Johannes Fillep, Feucht (DE); and Ronnie Kinast, Ilschwang (DE)
Assigned to AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
Filed by AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/128,086.
Claims priority of application No. 1918849 (GB), filed on Dec. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0185929 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. A01D 57/20 (2006.01); A01D 34/64 (2006.01); A01D 43/077 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 57/20 (2013.01) [A01D 34/64 (2013.01); A01D 43/077 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mower combination comprising an agricultural vehicle and a number of mowing units suitable for cutting a standing crop connected to the agricultural vehicle, including a front mowing unit and two lateral mowing units located behind and to the sides of the front mowing unit, each of the lateral mowing units comprising a respective conveyor units to deposit cut crop as a swath, the mower combination further comprising:
a control unit comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory computer-read storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the control unit to:
receive operation data representing a current steering angle of the agricultural vehicle, a current speed of operation of each conveyor unit, and a current lateral displacement of each conveyor unit of the lateral mowing unit;
based at least partially on the received operation data, adjust a lateral position of at least one conveyor unit relative to a respective lateral mowing unit of the two lateral mowing units; and
based at least partially on the received operation data, adjust a speed of operation of at least one conveyor unit of the two lateral mowing units.