US 11,850,894 B2
Agricultral prime mover and system and method for operating an agricultural prime mover
Christian Ehlert, Bielefeld (DE); Jan Carsten Wieckhorst, Paderborn (DE); Christian Birkmann, Versmold (DE); Robin Schütte, Büren (DE); and Ralf Müller, Schönbeck/OT Pretzien (DE)
Assigned to CLAAS Tractor SAS, Vélizy-villacoublay (FR)
Filed by CLAAS Tractor SAS, Vélizy-Villacoublay (FR)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/158,648.
Claims priority of application No. 102020102330.8 (DE), filed on Jan. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0237520 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); B60C 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 23/002 (2013.01) [B60Y 2200/221 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An agricultural prime mover comprising:
a drivetrain, wherein the drivetrain comprises at least one drive motor, at least one gearbox, at least one power take-off, and at least one ancillary unit;
a tire pressure control system comprising one or more pneumatic components configured to one or both set or adapt a tire pressure of at least one tire of the agricultural prime mover or at least one attachment adapted to the agricultural prime mover;
a driver assistance system configured to control the tire pressure control system, the driver assistance system comprising an automatic tire pressure controller configured to:
access one or both of a selected control strategy selected from a plurality of control strategies or an optimization target variable;
determine, based on a characteristic curve and the one or both of the selected control strategy or the optimization target variable, at least one control aspect of the tire pressure control system;
generate one or more control signals in order to control the at least one control aspect of the tire pressure control system; and
command the tire pressure control system using the one or more control signals in order to control the at least one control aspect of the tire pressure control system.