GPS control of a tractor-towed implement

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6434462
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09894150

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A control system controls a work vehicle towing a towed implement. The control system includes a steering angle sensor, an implement position generating unit generating an actual implement position signal, a desired implement position generating unit generating a desired implement position signal, a vehicle position generating unit generating an actual vehicle position signal, a processor unit generating an implement angle signal as a function of the actual implement position signal and the actual vehicle position signal, and a control processor generating the steering control signal as a function of the actual implement position signal, the actual vehicle position signal, the implement angle signal, the steering angle signal and the desired implement position signal. A vehicle steering actuator steering vehicle steerable wheels in response to the control signal.

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DEERE & COMPANYONE JOHN DEERE PLACE MOLINE IL 61265

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bevly, David Mark Robstown, TX 2 324
Mayfield, Robert Lynn Cedar Falls, IA 4 201
Parkinson, Bradford Wells Mt. View, CA 1 143

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