Patent ID: 7530921

Claim:
Apparatus for providing neutral safeing for a propulsion driveline of an agricultural windrower, comprising: a FNR lever assembly including a FNR lever having a neutral position and movable in relation to the neutral position in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction, and at least one sensor disposed and operable for sensing positions of the FNR lever as the lever is moved in the first and second directions and outputting signals representative thereof, the at least one sensor being configured such that the signals outputted thereby are to have signal values within a predetermined range of values; and a programmable control module in connection with the at least one sensor for receiving the signals therefrom, the control module being connected in operative control of power to the propulsion driveline, of the windrower, and the control module being programmed and operable for monitoring the signals and comparing the values of the signals to the predetermined range, and if the value of any of the signals is outside of the predetermined range then disallowing the supply of power to the propulsion driveline.