Eric Alfred Walker

US Patent:

20190254234, Aug 22, 2019

Filed:

Feb 18, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/278564

Inventors:

- New Holland PA, US
Herbert M. Farley - Elizabethtown PA, US
Andrews V. Lauwers - Sandusky OH, US
Eric L Walker - Narvon PA, US

International Classification:

A01F 12/46

Abstract:

An agricultural vehicle including at least one threshing rotor and an auger bed located underneath the at least one threshing rotor. The auger bed has a working position and a cleaning position. The auger bed includes a frame, a plurality of augers rotatably coupled to and supported by the frame, and a trough portion moveably connected to the frame. In the working position the bottom surface of the trough portion is positioned underneath the plurality of augers and in the cleaning position the entire trough portion is moved relative to the frame so that the bottom surface of the trough portion is not positioned underneath at least a portion of the plurality of augers, creating an open space underneath the portion of the plurality of augers for allowing an unwanted material to pass therethrough.

US Patent:

20190200520, Jul 4, 2019

Filed:

May 12, 2017

Appl. No.:

16/302781

Inventors:

- New Holland PA, US
Eric WALKER - Lititz PA, US

Assignee:

CNH Industrial America LLC - New Holland PA

International Classification:

A01D 34/00
A01D 45/02
A01D 63/00

Abstract:

A row unit for a header of an agricultural harvester is provided. The row unit includes a frame, a first deck plate assembly mounted to the frame, and a second deck plate assembly mounted to the frame. The first and second deck plate assemblies each include a deck plate, a plurality of deck plate segments extending from the deck plate and moveable between a first position and a second position relative to the deck plate, and a plurality of biasing members for biasing each respective deck plate segment. The row unit includes both operator controlled macro adjustment and automatic micro adjustment of a gap between the first deck plate assembly and the second deck plate assembly. The micro adjustment is achieved through biasing members biasing each respective deck plate segment.

US Patent:

20180054960, Mar 1, 2018

Filed:

Aug 26, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/248249

Inventors:

- New Holland PA, US
Joel T. Cook - Lititz PA, US
Eric L. Walker - Narvon PA, US
Michael L. Berggren - Davenport IA, US
Brian P. Crow - Rock Island IL, US

Assignee:

CNH Industrial America LLC - New Holland PA

International Classification:

A01D 34/01
A01D 45/02

Abstract:

A row unit system for a corn header of an agricultural harvester, the row unit system including a plurality of row units and a plurality of chopper assemblies. A first row unit and an adjacent second row unit are each coupled to the corn header, with each row unit having a first and second leg. The first and second legs are substantially a mirror image of each other. The chopper assemblies are positioned proximate to the legs of the row units and include a chopper assembly nested between the second leg of the first row unit and the first leg of the second row unit.

US Patent:

20170238467, Aug 24, 2017

Filed:

Feb 22, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/049481

Inventors:

- New Holland PA, US
Joel Cook - Lititz PA, US
Eric Walker - Narvon PA, US
Michael Berggren - Davenport IA, US
Fred Hubach - Stevens PA, US
Brian Crow - Rock Island IL, US

Assignee:

CHN Industrial America, LLC - New Holland PA

International Classification:

A01D 57/22
A01D 47/00
A01D 45/02

Abstract:

A row unit for a header of an agricultural harvester is provided that includes a first longitudinally extending stripping plate and a second longitudinally extending stripping plate each mounted on a frame and each having opposed stripping edges which define a gap between the first stripping plate and the second stripping plate. The row unit includes both operator-selected macro adjustment of the gap and automatic micro adjustment of the gap. The micro adjustment occurs on both deck plates. The micro adjustment is achieved through resilient members positioned functionally between the deck plates and the row unit frame.