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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Grant J. Wonderlich, Milan, IL (US);
James R. Peterson, Annawan, IL (US);
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/08 (2006.01); A01C 7/20 (2006.01); A01C 15/00 (2006.01); A01B 61/04 (2006.01); A01B 3/22 (2006.01); A01B 63/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 5/068 (2013.01); A01C 5/064 (2013.01); A01C 7/084 (2013.01); A01C 7/203 (2013.01); A01C 7/205 (2013.01); A01C 15/006 (2013.01); A01B 61/046 (2013.01); A01B 63/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A row unit for a seeding machine. The row unit includes a frame, a ground following device coupled to the frame, a furrow following device coupled to the frame, and a position sensor assembly having a first position sensor configured to detect movement of the ground following device relative to the frame, and a second position sensor configured to detect movement of the furrow following device relative to the frame.