Deere & Company

Deer & Company

Elijah Beckham Garner

Nathan Albert Mariman

Michael E Friestad

David James Rylander

Cary S Hubner

Daniel Bruce Thiemke

Stanley R Borkgren

Dnyanesh Dhobale

Kamalakannan Natarajan

Beth A Wolfs

Lee Edward Zumdome

Nikolai R Tevs

Keith L Felton

Michael E Frasier

Robert Thomas Casper

Andrew W Harmon

Terry Lee Snipes

Michael L Rhodes

Grant J Wonderlich

Jeffrey Scott Puhalla

Kriss Helmick

James Randall Peterson

Charles T Graham

Mark R Underwood

Jason D Walter

Matt D Bartelson

Gerald Eric Rains

Jerry Anthony Samuelson

Tyler G Groves

Joseph W Migliorini

William C Hughes

Sahil C Desai

Andrew J Scholl

Drew M Whitcomb

James Z Liu

Donald Keith Landphair

William Douglas Graham

Todd Neil Signer

Kenneth Herrmann

Scott Charles McCartney

Jacob D Salowitz

Kelby J Krueger

Jonathan T Miller

Andrew J Schwartz

Kevin Jacob Goering

Mark E Barker

Valentin Gresch

Justin L Montenguise

Gregory Keith Harmelink

Paul Reed Riewerts

Lee Alan Johnson

Robert Wallace Martin

Shane Julius Brueggen

Christian Waibel

Kartheek Karna

Steve P Robisky

Rogerio Kroth

Luc Godart

Patrick Beauneveu

Chris Warren Foster

Bruno Berthonneau

Damien Dole

Matthew David Arnold

Pablo Petenon

Steven C Young

Dave J Rylander

Komal Kulkarni

Thomas C Brockmann

Dennis W Bode

Daniel Kirtley

Kamalakannan Natarjan

Susan G Gray

Nathaniel Pearson

Paul R Riewerts

Robert W Martin

Gregory Harmelink

Natarajan Kamalakannan

Jerry Samuelson

Matthew D Arnold

Valentin Stefan Gresch

Dhobale Dnyanesh

Drew Whitcomb

A planting unit for a seeding machine having a frame member and a seed meter mounted thereto. The seed meter has a housing and a metering member rotatably mounted therein. The metering member has a sidewall with an inner surface and an outer surface with a rim portion of the sidewall adjacent an outer edge of the sidewall. The inner surface of the side wall and the housing form a trough at a bottom portion of the metering member to hold a seed pool. A mechanical seed delivery system takes seed from the metering member and moves seed to a discharge location adjacent a seed furrow formed in soil beneath the seeding machine.

Planting unit for a seeding machine having a seed meter and seed delivery system

A wing flex assembly for a frame system of an agricultural implement that includes inner and outer tubes. The outer tube, to which tools of the implement are attached, is slidingly displaceable along the inner tube as the inner tube is downwardly pivotally displaced with a downward flex of a wing frame. A first tool of a center frame can be separated from an adjacent second tool of the wing frame that is attached to the outer tube by a first distance when the outer tube is at a retracted position, and a second distance when the outer tube is slidingly displaced in response to the downward pivotal displacement of the inner tube, the first distance being about equal to the second distance. The wing flex assembly can also prevent contact between the first and second tools when the inner tube is pivotally displaced in an upward direction.

Wing flex assemblies for agricultural implements

An agricultural machine includes a soil strength generation system that generates an output indicator of soil strength. A control system generates on action signal based on the soil strength.

Controlling components of row unit based on soil strength

An adjustable frame assembly of a planter includes a main frame, a first frame member movably coupled to the main frame, and a drive mechanism operably coupled between the main frame and the first frame member for moving the first frame member along the first axis relative to the main frame. The first frame member is laterally movable along a first axis which is perpendicular to a direction of travel of the planter. The frame assembly also includes a first arm having a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled to the main frame and the second end being coupled to a first row unit. A second arm is provided having a first end and a second end, where the first end is coupled to the first frame member and the second end is coupled to the first row unit.

Agricultural machine with adjustable frame for variable row planting

A kickout wheel assembly for removing seeds from a seed metering member. The kickout wheel assembly includes a first kickout wheel configured to rotate to remove seeds from the seed metering member, and a second kickout wheel configured to rotate to remove seeds from the seed metering member. The second kickout wheel is journaled independently from the first kickout wheel.

Kickout wheel assembly for a seed meter

Furrows can be opened in a field. Seeds can be delivered to the furrows in the field at different locations in the field. The locations of the seeds in the field can be identified using different types of processing. The different types of process can include event-based processing or frequency-based processing. A material is applied to the field, based upon the seed locations.

Systems and methods for selective material placement

An agricultural machine includes a material distribution system and a sensing system including a first sensor configured to generate an indication of a first measure of a first flow of agricultural material in a first material distribution line, a second sensor configured to generate an indication of a second measure of the first flow of the agricultural material in the first material distribution line, and a third sensor configured to generate an indication of a measure of a second flow of the agricultural material in a second material distribution line. A control system is configured to detect occurrence of an anomalous operating condition based on the measure of the second flow and at least one of the first measure of the first flow or the second measure of the first flow of the agricultural material.

Agricultural material distribution anomaly detection and control system

Locations of seeds in a field can be identified using event-based processing or frequency-based processing. A material is applied to the field, based upon the seed locations.

Systems and methods for selective fertilizer placement

A work vehicle with a metering system, airflow system, and a covering structure moveable between various positions for user access includes features that facilitate assembly and/or disassembly of the metering system. The work vehicle has a venturi structure with a plurality of venturi tubes that are disposed in a compact arrangement.

Work vehicle with commodity metering system and airflow system

An agricultural machine includes a plurality of components. Each component, of the plurality of components, has a transmitter configured to transmit a component identifier that identifies the component. A sensor is configured to detect the component identifiers of the plurality of components, and a control system is configured to control a controllable subsystem of the agricultural machine to perform an agricultural operation on a field, compare the detected component identifiers to a predefined set of component identifiers, detect an anomalous configuration based on a discrepancy between the detected component identifiers and the predefined set of component identifiers, and generate an output indicative of the anomalous configuration.

Wireless mobile work machine component detection and control system

A row unit has a seed meter and a seed delivery system. A target seed population is obtained and a motor that drives at least one of the seed meter and the seed delivery system is intermittently pulsed to plant seeds in groupings based on machine speed and target seed population.

Planting control for grouped seed placement

A seed metering system for metering a plurality of seeds includes a meter housing having a first side and a second side. A seed inlet is positioned at the first side and an aperture is positioned at the second side. The seed metering system further includes a hub mounted within the aperture, a retaining member located at the hub, and a metering member positioned on the hub. The metering member compressively engages the retaining member.

Metering member and method of mounting the same

A seed meter disk includes a body defining a plane of rotation, a seed-side, and a lower-pressure-side. A circumferential array of seed openings are provided on the seed-side of the seed meter disk for seed adherence. A circumferential array of kick-out pockets are provided on the lower-pressure-side of the seed meter disk. A circumferential array of recessed seed agitator pockets may be provided for seed mixing and agitation. A circumferential array of raised agitator pegs or features may be provided for seed mixing and agitation. A kick-out wheel assembly includes a kick-out wheel rotatably held by a kick-out wheel arm. The kick-out wheel has at least one protrusion portion including a plurality of kick-out protrusions each of which is configured to mate with and enter one of the kick-out pockets to facilitate dislodgement of a seed or other particle from within a seed opening.

Seed meter disk and methods of using the same

An agricultural machine includes a metering system comprising one or more meters configured to meter particulate material into a first material distribution line and a second material distribution line, a first sensor configured to generate a first sensor signal indicative of a first measure of a flow of the particulate material in the first material distribution line, a second sensor configured to generate a second sensor signal indicative of a second measure of the flow of the particulate material in the first material distribution line, and a control system. The control system is configured to receive an indication of a sensed flow rate of the particulate material in the second material distribution line, obtain an adjusted flow rate indication by applying, to the sensed flow rate, a rate offset based on the first and second sensor signals, and control the metering system based on the adjusted flow rate indication.

Agricultural seed sensing and control system

An agricultural planting machine includes a seed meter configured to meter seed, a transport mechanism configured to transport the seed to a discharge location, and a loader assembly. The loader assembly includes an element having an actuating surface, a hub configured to rotate relative to the actuating surface, and a compartment supported on the hub and configured to receive the seed from the seed meter and to eject the seed into the transport mechanism, the compartment comprising first and second movable elements that are movably coupled to the hub and configured to engage the actuating surface and move relative to the hub based on rotation of the hub relative to the actuating surface.

Agricultural seed loading mechanism for a belted conveyor

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Bettendorf, IA, United States of America

Elijah Beckham Garner