Drive arrangement for a harvesting header of a harvesting machine

A drive arrangement for a harvesting header of a harvesting machine is provided. The harvesting machine has a chassis on which a feeder housing is fastened. On the front side of the feeder housing a fastening device is attached. The fastening device is movable with respect to the feeder housing. On the fastening device, a harvesting header can be attached. The drive arrangement comprises an output shaft for driving the header, the output shaft being be set in rotation by the harvesting machine and is coupled with the fastening device and can move with the fastening device relative to the feeder housing. A harvesting header drive shaft of the harvesting header can be drivingly connected to the output shaft. It is further provided that a coupling with two coupling halves is attached between the output shaft and the harvesting header drive shaft, with these coupling halves separating automatically when the harvesting header is disassembled from the feeder housing and connecting automatically when the harvesting header, is attached on the feeder housing.