US 12,402,566 B2
Monitoring vibrations in agricultural harvesters
Marcel Verhoeven, Zedelgem (BE)
Assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/702,893.
Claims priority of application No. 21165125 (EP), filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0304239 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A01F 12/44 (2006.01); A01D 41/127 (2006.01)
CPC A01F 12/446 (2013.01) [A01D 41/1276 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of determining a vibration pattern in a crop processing section of an agricultural harvester, the method comprising:
operating the crop processing section at a predetermined pseudo-operational configuration by (i) rotating at least one rotatable element of the crop processing section at a reference frequency, (ii) reciprocating at least one reciprocatable element of the crop processing section at the reference frequency, or (iii) setting at least one adjustable element of the crop processing section to a reference position or a reference orientation,
when in the predetermined pseudo-operational configuration, using a plurality of vibration sensors to establish a reference vibration pattern, and
storing the established reference vibration pattern in a memory.