Patent ID: 8770612

Claim:
A hitch system for automatically hitching a tractor to a trailing implement, comprising: an implement connector bank assembly that includes an electrical connector and a hydraulic connector that are respectively connected to an electrical system and a hydraulic system of an implement that can be hitched to and trail behind a tractor; a tractor connector bank assembly that includes an electrical connector and a hydraulic connector that are respectively connected to an electrical system and a hydraulic system of the tractor; an actuator assembly that can be operated remotely, the actuator assembly including a first actuator arranged between the tractor and the tractor connector bank assembly for moving the tractor connector bank assembly vertically along a first movement path for aligning the tractor connector bank assembly with the implement connector bank assembly without moving the tractor and a second actuator arranged between the tractor and the tractor connector bank assembly for moving the tractor connector bank assembly along a second movement path that differs from the first movement path so as to couple the electrical connector and the hydraulic connector of the tractor connector bank assembly to the electrical connector and the hydraulic connector, respectively, of the implement connector bank assembly.