IP Library Granted Patent US 12,246,781
Granted Patent B2
US 12,246,781 · App. 17/934,416 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Agricultural vehicle

Inventors: Abhijit G. Hingne (Khamgaon, IN); Thiemo Flebbe (Mannheim, DE)
Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
B62D33/0604B62D33/0617
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Patent No.
US 12,246,781
App. No.
17/934,416
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An agricultural vehicle including a supporting structure and a coupling system connected to the supporting structure for the movable coupling of a vehicle cab to the supporting structure. The coupling system includes at least one spring-elastic bearing element. The vehicle cab releasably connects via at least one clamping element to the at least one spring-elastic bearing element. A clamping force direction of the clamping element runs transversely to a vehicle vertical axis in a transverse direction.

Claims (34)

1. An agricultural vehicle, comprising:

a supporting structure; and

a coupling system connected to the supporting structure for the movable coupling of a vehicle cab to the supporting structure, the coupling system having at least one spring-elastic bearing element, the vehicle cab releasably connected via at least one clamping element to the at least one spring-elastic bearing element, and the clamping element having a clamping force direction running transversely to a vehicle vertical axis in a transverse direction;

wherein the coupling system includes a connecting bracket fastened to the supporting structure and supporting a bearing device which receives the at least one spring-elastic bearing element;

wherein the bearing device has a bearing frame which is open in the transverse direction for receiving the at least one spring-elastic bearing element; and

wherein the at least one spring-elastic bearing element is located in the bearing frame together with an intermediate frame surrounding the at least one spring-elastic bearing element.

2. The agricultural vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the transverse direction of the clamping force runs parallel to a vehicle transverse axis.

3. The agricultural vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the at least one spring-elastic bearing element includes a through-hole for receiving the clamping element.

4. The agricultural vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the bearing frame has a lateral surface with a conical internal cross section which corresponds to a conical external cross section of a lateral surface of the intermediate frame.

5. The agricultural vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the bearing device has two bearing jaws, which are releasably connected together and which receive the at least one spring-elastic bearing element between the two clamping jaws.

6. The agricultural vehicle of claim 5 , wherein a first bearing jaw bears a fixing pin which is oriented in the direction of the second bearing jaw and which engages in a corresponding fixing recess of the at least one spring-elastic bearing element.

7. The agricultural vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the connecting bracket has two bearing portions spaced apart from one another in the transverse direction.

8. The agricultural vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the at least one spring-elastic bearing element has a cylindrical external cross section.

9. An agricultural vehicle, comprising:

a supporting structure; and

a coupling system connected to the supporting structure for the movable coupling of a vehicle cab to the supporting structure, the coupling system having at least one spring-elastic bearing element, the vehicle cab releasably connected via at least one clamping element to the at least one spring-elastic bearing element, and the clamping element having a clamping force direction running transversely to a vehicle vertical axis in a transverse direction;

wherein the coupling system includes a connecting bracket fastened to the supporting structure and supporting a bearing device which receives the at least one spring-elastic bearing element;

wherein the bearing device has two bearing jaws, which are releasably connected together and which receive the at least one spring-elastic bearing element between the two clamping jaws; and

wherein a first bearing jaw bears a fixing pin which is oriented in the direction of the second bearing jaw and which engages in a corresponding fixing recess of the at least one spring-elastic bearing element.

10. The agricultural vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the at least one spring-elastic bearing element includes a through-hole for receiving the clamping element.

11. The agricultural vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the bearing device has a bearing frame which is open in the transverse direction for receiving the at least one spring-elastic bearing element.

12. The agricultural vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the at least one spring-elastic bearing element has a cylindrical external cross section.

13. An agricultural vehicle, comprising:

a supporting structure; and

a coupling system connected to the supporting structure for the movable coupling of a vehicle cab to the supporting structure, the coupling system having at least one spring-elastic bearing element, the vehicle cab releasably connected via at least one clamping element to the at least one spring-elastic bearing element, and the clamping element having a clamping force direction running transversely to a vehicle vertical axis in a transverse direction;

wherein the coupling system includes a connecting bracket fastened to the supporting structure and supporting a bearing device which receives the at least one spring-elastic bearing element; and

wherein the connecting bracket has two bearing portions spaced apart from one another in the transverse direction.

14. The agricultural vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the transverse direction of the clamping force runs parallel to a vehicle transverse axis.

15. The agricultural vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the at least one spring-elastic bearing element includes a through-hole for receiving the clamping element.

16. The agricultural vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the bearing device has a bearing frame which is open in the transverse direction for receiving the at least one spring-elastic bearing element.

17. The agricultural vehicle of claim 16 , wherein the at least one spring-elastic bearing element is located in the bearing frame together with an intermediate frame surrounding the at least one spring-elastic bearing element.

18. The agricultural vehicle of claim 17 , wherein the bearing frame has a lateral surface with a conical internal cross section which corresponds to a conical external cross section of a lateral surface of the intermediate frame.

19. The agricultural vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the bearing device has two bearing jaws, which are releasably connected together and which receive the at least one spring-elastic bearing element between the two clamping jaws.

20. The agricultural vehicle of claim 19 , wherein a first bearing jaw bears a fixing pin which is oriented in the direction of the second bearing jaw and which engages in a corresponding fixing recess of the at least one spring-elastic bearing element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2022
From: HINGNE, ABHIJIT G.; FLEBBE, THIEMO; JOHN DEERE GMBH & CO. KG
To: DEERE & COMPANY
Reel/Frame 061186/0548 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 102021127497.4 · Oct 22, 2021 · national
DE 102021129994.2 · Nov 17, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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