US 11,980,131 B2
Skid plate for sensor integration
Kevin J. Hamilton, Newton, KS (US)
Assigned to AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/645,952.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/131,332, filed on Dec. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0201936 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A01D 67/00 (2006.01); A01D 43/10 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 67/00 (2013.01) [A01D 43/107 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A header, comprising:
a frame comprising a cutting assembly; and
a skid plate coupled to the frame, the skid plate comprising an upper surface and an opposing ground engaging surface, wherein the ground engaging surface comprises a protrusion extending away from the upper surface beyond a plane of the ground engaging surface, the protrusion comprising one or more optical windows extending beyond the plane of the ground engaging surface, each of the one or more optical windows comprising an optically transparent material.