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Utility
Seed trench closing sensors
12 Dec 23
A trench closing sensor adapted to mount to an agricultural implement to detect whether a seed trench is sufficiently closed with soil to ensure good seed to soil contact.
Dale Koch, Jeremy Hodel, Timothy Kater, Douglas Urbaniak
Filed: 12 Nov 20
Utility
Agricultural trench depth systems, methods, and apparatus
5 Dec 23
A row unit (10) of an agricultural planter with an apparatus for adjusting the depth of a trench opened by the row unit (10).
Dillon Sloneker, Jeremy J. Hodel, Ben L. Schlipf
Filed: 22 Sep 20
Utility
Utility vehicle braking
5 Dec 23
A method of brake steering in a four-wheel drive utility vehicle having a driven front axle carrying at least two front wheels, a driven rear axle carrying at least two rear wheels, a powertrain delivering torque to the front and rear axles via a connecting shaft, independently operable service brakes on each of the front and rear wheels, and independently operable parking brakes on each of the rear wheels.
Hans-Peter Zeiler
Filed: 26 Oct 18
Utility
Meter Module for Metering Product
30 Nov 23
A meter module for metering a product in communication with the meter module.
Chad E. Plattner, Jerry Simcik, Tanner Gray, Josh Irvin
Filed: 17 Nov 21
Utility
Metering Bank for an Air Cart
30 Nov 23
A metering bank for an air cart.
Chad E. Plattner
Filed: 17 Nov 21
Utility
Systems for Storing Gloves, and Related Vehicles and Methods
30 Nov 23
A system for storing gloves includes a storage box defining an internal cavity shaped to receive the gloves, a lid configured to cover the internal cavity, and a vacuum source configured to retain the gloves in the internal cavity when hands are removed from the gloves.
Joseph Paul Anderson, Todd Brandon Snyder, James McGrath Slawson
Filed: 18 Apr 23
Utility
Meter Calibration
30 Nov 23
A method of calibrating a meter module wherein the meter module comprises: an opening; a bottom opening; a metering mechanism disposed in the meter module; a bottom plate to selectively open and close the bottom opening; and a load cell for measuring a mass of material in the meter module, the method comprising: starting the metering mechanism to flow material through the meter module; at any time before counting, closing the bottom opening with the bottom plate; during a counting time, counting a number of metering units of the metering mechanism and measuring an amount of material with the load cell; and calculating an amount of mass per metering unit.
William Frank
Filed: 17 Nov 21
Utility
Agricultural Baler
23 Nov 23
A loading apparatus for a round baler for loading a roll of binding material on the round baler is disclosed comprising a binding material support displaceable about a first end between a storage position and a transfer position, in which when in the storage position a first end of the binding material support is raised relative to a second end of the binding material support and when in the transfer position the first end of the binding material support is lowered relative to the second end of the binding material support.
Robert James Olsen
Filed: 4 May 23
Utility
Apparatus for Heating an Operator Cab of a Vehicle, and Related Methods
23 Nov 23
An apparatus for heating an operator cab of a vehicle or machine comprises a cab air heating unit and a cab air duct for conducting air toward an interior region of the cab from the cab air heating unit.
Mika Juhani Sivula
Filed: 11 Apr 23
Utility
Bale wrapping apparatus
21 Nov 23
A baling apparatus including a bale forming chamber in which an agricultural bale is formed, wrapped and subsequently released.
Malte Cornelius Schlichting
Filed: 10 Dec 19
Utility
Air treatment apparatus
21 Nov 23
An agricultural vehicle has an operator environment with a roof portion, and an air treatment apparatus installed within the roof portion.
Dietmar Haf, Andreas Stieglitz
Filed: 9 Dec 20
Utility
Automatic Maneuvering of an Agricultural Vehicle at a Farmyard
16 Nov 23
A method for automatically manoeuvring an agricultural vehicle to at least a predefined path segment at a farmyard comprising the steps of gathering all predefined path segments at the farmyard, determining all predefined path segments being free from an obstacle, selecting a free path segment from the predefined path segments being free from an obstacle and calculating a path from the position of the agricultural vehicle to the selected free path segment.
Oliver Kaufmann
Filed: 27 Jul 21
Utility
Seed trench depth detection systems
14 Nov 23
An agricultural implement system having: a row unit coupled to a tool bar of an agricultural implement; an opener system coupled to a chassis of the row unit and configured to engage soil to form a trench; a downforce system configured to apply a downforce to the row unit to adjust a contact force between the row unit and the soil; a soil condition sensor configured to detect a condition of the soil and/or an operational sensor configured to detect operation of the agricultural implement system; a closing system, configured to close the trench created by the opener system; and a controller coupled to the soil condition sensor and/or the operational sensor, wherein the controller is configured to control the downforce system and the closing system in response to feedback from the soil condition sensor and/or the operational sensor.
Michael Strnad, Jeremy Hodel, Dale Koch, Todd Swanson, Dillon Sloneker
Filed: 26 Oct 20
Utility
Sealing device
14 Nov 23
A sealing device for banjo fittings including a sealing ring, a gasket and one or more straps attaching the sealing ring to the gasket.
Ulrich Dietrich
Filed: 29 Oct 19
Utility
Agricultural Implements Having Sensors to Detect Plugging of Row Units, and Related Control Systems and Methods
9 Nov 23
An agricultural implement includes a frame having an elongate toolbar carrying a plurality of row units.
Vinicius Felipe Fior, Venicius Damo Cunha
Filed: 15 Oct 21
Utility
Basecutter Automated Height Calibration for Sugarcane Harvesters
9 Nov 23
A sugarcane harvester includes basecutters for cutting sugarcane stalks from sugarcane plants; a chopping section for chopping the sugarcane stalks into billets; a discharge assembly for discharging the billets to a storage vehicle; and a height adjustment system for automatically adjusting a height of the basecutters to avoid unwanted contact between the basecutters and a ground surface.
Roque Eduardo Dapper, Renan Kadiama, Gregório Kaminski
Filed: 21 Jul 21
Utility
Rotating Nozzle for Agricultural Crop Sprayer
9 Nov 23
A nozzle assembly for use with an agricultural crop sprayer includes a nozzle body and a turbine element journaled to the body.
Mark Aron Crowley
Filed: 24 Jun 21
Utility
Sprayer System
9 Nov 23
A spraying system that includes at least one camera to determine for at least one nozzle spray angle, average of spray angle, standard deviation of spray angle, relative pressure, absolute pressure, relative flow rate, absolute flow rate, percent plugged, and/or spray pattern uniformity/variability of the spray from the at least one nozzle.
Jason J. Stoller, Paul Wildermuth, Nicholas WINKLER
Filed: 16 Jun 21
Utility
Combine Stability Enhancer
9 Nov 23
In one embodiment, a control system for a vehicle comprising an axle having a center pivoting axis and a frame coupled to the axle at the center pivoting axis, the control system comprising: one or more controllers; a control circuit; and one or more actuators located on one side or opposite sides, respectively, of the center pivoting axis and coupled to the axle and the frame of the vehicle, the one or more actuators configured by the one or more controllers and the control circuit to prevent tipping based on forces imposed on the vehicle.
David Murray, John D. Anderson, Benjamin Adam Welle
Filed: 10 Sep 21
Utility
Methods of Measuring Harvested Crop Material
9 Nov 23
A method of measuring a harvested crop includes measuring a first attribute of a first electric field in a first volume containing crop material, measuring a second attribute of a second electric field in a second volume containing crop material, and determining at least two different properties of the crop material based at least in part on the first attribute and the second attribute.
Friedrich Robert Honeyman, Kevin J. Hamilton, Brian Busenitz
Filed: 25 Mar 21