Patent ID: 8360165
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: A01B,E02F

Abstract:
1. A vehicle supported implement control apparatus for connection with a vehicle having a vehicle chassis and movable in a vehicle forward travel direction, said apparatus comprising: a mounting component that is stationary relative to said vehicle chassis; a shaft that is pivotally connectable with said mounting component so that, during apparatus operation, said shaft is rotatable relative to said mounting component only about an implement lift and lower axis about which an implement assembly may be raised and lowered, wherein said implement lift and lower axis is orthogonal to a vehicle forward travel direction; at least one structural component other than said shaft that, during said apparatus operation, is rotatable only about said implement lift and lower axis; wherein said shaft defines an implement tilt axis that passes along the length of said shaft, wherein said implement tilt axis is orthogonal to said implement raise and lower axis, said implement tilt axis defining right and left vehicle portions, a movable frame that, during said apparatus operation, is movable relative to said at least one structural component only through rotation about said implement tilt axis, wherein said shaft passes through at least part of said movable frame, and wherein said movable frame has right, left, front and rear movable frame portions; said apparatus further comprising: a first pair of actuators, each having two ends, each connected at one end with said right and left vehicle portion, respectively, and at an opposite end with said right and left movable frame portion, respectively; an implement assembly pivotally connected with said movable frame so that during said apparatus operation, said implement assembly is rotatable relative to an implement yaw axis that is substantially orthogonal to said implement tilt axis, said implement assembly having right and left implement assembly portions; and a second pair of actuators, each having two ends, each connected at one end with said right and left movable frame portion, respectively, and at an opposite end with said right and left implement assembly portions, respectively.