Agricultural vehicle comprising a cab window having changeable transparency

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9908389-B2
Application number	US-201514833301-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2015
Priority date	Aug 25, 2014
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

An agricultural vehicle has an operator's with at least one cab window. The at least one cab window is designed and configured such that a transparency of the cab window is changeable, preferably steplessly, at least in one subsection. As a result, an intensity of ambient light shining onto the operator's cab from the outside and through the at least one cab window is diminished such that a readability and operation of a control terminal in the cab is improved both in direct and indirect ambient light.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An agricultural vehicle comprising an operator's cab with at least one cab window,
wherein the entire surface of the at least one cab window is formed by a transparent monitor;
wherein the at least one cab window having the entire surface formed by the transparent monitor is designed and configured such that a transparency of the cab window is changeable in at least one subsection thereof; and
wherein the at least one subsection of the at least one cab window having the changeable transparency is designed in the form of a graphical element, such that the graphical element is formed by changes in the transparency of the cab window.

2. The agricultural vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one cab window is changeable steplessly in the at least one subsection.

3. The agricultural vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one cab window is designed such that the transparency is changeable to different extents within an area having changeable transparency.

4. The agricultural vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the transparency of the least one cab window is changed depending on at least one of the following: a brightness, a direction of incidence of an ambient light (L) into the operator's cab and direction of incidence of an ambient light (L) onto the cab window ( 20 ).

5. The agricultural vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a sensor device, wherein the sensor device provides for automatically changing the transparency of the at least one cab window.

6. The agricultural vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the transparency of a plurality of cab windows is changed individually or jointly.

7. The agricultural vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising an adjusting device for manually changing the transparency of the at least one cab window.

8. An agricultural vehicle comprising an operator's cab with at least one cab window,
wherein the entire cab window is formed by a transparent monitor;
wherein the portion of the at least one cab window formed by the transparent monitor is designed and configured such that a transparency of the cab window is changeable in at least one subsection thereof; and
wherein the at least one cab window has electrochromic properties, at least in said one subsection.

9. The agricultural vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a working mode and a road travel mode are provided for changing the transparency.

10. The agricultural vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the working mode, the road travel mode or both are automatically switched depending on a position of the agricultural vehicle by an automatic control device that is connected to a navigation device.

Assignees

• Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen Gmbh

Inventors

• Volbracht Andreas

Classifications

• B60J3/04 Primary

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• G02F1/13306

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• G02F1/163

  Operation of electrochromic cells, e.g. electrodeposition cells; Circuit arrangements therefor · CPC title