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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2017
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Valentin Stefan Gresch, Ensheim, DE;
Cary S. Hubner, Geneseo, IL (US);
Christian Waibel, Mannheim, DE;
Philipp Benz, Baden-Wuerttemberg, DE;
Tobias Meilwes, Erlangen, DE;
Robert Laga, Dresden, DE;
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A planter row unit is positioned so a gauge wheel and an opener are in a known position relative to one another. A planting depth actuator that travels along an extent of travel to change a relationship between the gauge wheel and opener is positioned at one end of its extent of travel, out of engagement with a gauge wheel arm and is then moved to an engagement position where it engages the gauge wheel arm. The location of the engagement position is identified as a calibration point.