Patent ID: 6397571
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: A01D,Y10S

Abstract:
An agricultural combine for harvesting, threshing, separating and cleaning an agricultural crop, said combine comprising;a supporting structure; ground engaging means extending from the supporting structure for transporting the supporting structure across a field; a harvesting assembly for harvesting a crop is mounted to the supporting structure, the harvesting assembly being one of a corn head and a grain platform; a harvesting assembly detector is mounted to the supporting structure and provides a corn head signal when the corn head is mounted to the supporting structure and a grain platform signal when the grain platform is mounted to the supporting structure; an engine is mounted to the supporting structure for powering the combine; and an electronic engine controller is connected to the engine for controlling the maximum power level of the engine, the electronic controller has a first power curve and a second power curve stored in memory, the electronic engine controller is connected to the harvesting assembly detector, if the electronic engine controller receives the grain platform signal from the harvesting assembly detector, the electronic engine controller operates the engine in accordance with the first power curve, if the electronic engine controller receives the corn head signal from the harvesting assembly detector, the electronic engine controller operates the engine in accordance with the second power curve.