US 12,133,521 B2
Fiber composite truss panel spray boom
Thomas G. Bartlett, Ankeny, IA (US); Mauro Bolzani, Valencia (ES); Philip E. Ferree, Ankeny, IA (US); Iban Gomez Preciado, Getafe (ES); Carlos Villalba Gomez, Valencia (ES); Joaquin Randle, Valencia (ES); and Victor Herráiz González, Valenica (ES)
Assigned to DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US); and KING AGRO EUROPA S.L., Valencia (ES)
Filed by Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US); and King Agro Europa, S.L., Picassent (ES)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/186,669.
Claims priority of application No. 20382946 (EP), filed on Oct. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0132826 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. A01M 7/00 (2006.01); A01C 23/00 (2006.01); B05B 1/20 (2006.01); B05B 15/18 (2018.01)
CPC A01M 7/0071 (2013.01) [A01C 23/008 (2013.01); B05B 1/20 (2013.01); B05B 15/18 (2018.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A boom segment for a spray boom assembly configured to carry a spray system of a work vehicle, the boom segment comprising:
a truss panel formed as a unitary structure composed of fiber composite material and configured to support components of the spray system, the truss panel including:
a panel wall extending along a length of the truss panel and defining an upper beam, a lower beam, and an array of braces spaced apart and extending diagonally and seamlessly between the upper beam and the lower beam to define a series of truss openings therebetween; and
a plurality of rigidifying ribs formed as a unitary part of, and projecting at an angle from, the panel wall along peripheries of the truss openings.