Patent ID: 9532497
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A01B,A01D

Claim:
1. A harvesting header and feederhouse for use with a crop harvesting machine, the header and feederhouse comprising: a feederhouse interface at a distal end of the feederhouse; a header frame providing structural support for the harvesting header; a pivotable connection between the feederhouse interface and the header frame enabling the header frame to pivot with respect to the feederhouse interface; at least one hydraulic ram connected between the feederhouse interface and the header frame to pivot the harvesting header on the feederhouse; a hydraulic supply providing pressurized hydraulic fluid to the at least one hydraulic ram; and an accumulator assembly fluidically connected between the hydraulic supply and the at least one hydraulic ram, the accumulator assembly having a precharge fluid/gas interface between a gas chamber and the hydraulic supply, and a working fluid/gas interface between the gas chamber and the at least one hydraulic ram.