US 12,010,938 B2
Autonomous agricultural system
David Disberger, Salina, KS (US); Benjamin M Smith, Yorktown, VA (US); Rye DeGarmo, Salina, KS (US); Gregory W. Arnett, Garden City, MO (US); Craig A Reed, Salina, KS (US); and Chris Coleman, Salina, KS (US)
Assigned to Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc., Salina, KS (US)
Filed by Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc., Salina, KS (US)
Filed on Jan. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/150,785.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/961,512, filed on Jan. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/121,724, filed on Dec. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0212249 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A01B 59/06 (2006.01); A01B 63/02 (2006.01); A01B 63/102 (2006.01); A01B 69/04 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01M 7/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 79/005 (2013.01) [A01B 59/068 (2013.01); A01B 63/023 (2013.01); A01B 63/102 (2013.01); A01B 69/008 (2013.01); A01M 7/0089 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous agricultural system comprising:
an implement configured to perform an agricultural operation;
an autonomous power unit for autonomously propelling said implement; and
a coupling assembly configured to connect said implement to said power unit, wherein said coupling assembly provides at least six degrees of freedom of movement between said implement and said power unit
wherein said coupling assembly comprises—
at least one upper actuator,
a lower left actuator and an intermediate left actuator, wherein the intermediate left actuator is positioned vertically between the upper actuator and the lower left actuator,
a right lower actuator and an intermediate right actuator, wherein the intermediate right actuator is positioned vertically between the upper actuator and the lower right actuator,
a left telescopic link positioned vertically between the intermediate left actuator and the lower left actuator, and
a right telescopic link positioned vertically between the intermediate right actuator and the lower right actuator.