US 12,150,409 B2
Airbag system for a harvester header
Benjamin David Kemmerer, Hamburg, PA (US); Blaine Robert Noll, Fleetwood, PA (US); and Joel Timothy Cook, Akron, PA (US)
Assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC, Holland, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/294,517
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/057708
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/101855, PCT Pub. Date May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/768,231, filed on Nov. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015292 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A01D 41/14 (2006.01); A01D 57/20 (2006.01); A01D 61/00 (2006.01); A01D 41/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 41/141 (2013.01) [A01D 57/20 (2013.01); A01D 61/002 (2013.01); A01D 41/06 (2013.01); A01D 61/008 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A header of a harvester, comprising:
a frame;
a cutter bar assembly configured to cut crops;
a side deck comprising a conveyor and at least one arm assembly, wherein the conveyor is configured to transport the crops cut by the cutter bar assembly toward a center of the header;
a pivot rod coupled to the at least one arm assembly, wherein the pivot rod pivotally couples the at least one arm assembly to the frame; and
at least one airbag comprising a first end coupled to the at least one arm assembly and a second end coupled to the frame, wherein the at least one arm assembly is coupled to the cutter bar assembly, the at least one arm assembly is configured to pivot about the pivot rod to enable the cutter bar assembly to flex along a lateral axis of the header, an entirety of the at least one airbag is positioned forward of the pivot rod relative to a longitudinal direction extending from the pivot rod toward the cutter bar assembly, and the at least one airbag is configured to apply a substantially constant force to the at least one arm assembly.