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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Nohoon Ki, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Andy B. Appleton, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Wissam H. El-Ratal, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Rui Zhang, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Justin T. Roth, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G01N 3/42 (2006.01); E02D 1/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/42 (2013.01); E02D 1/022 (2013.01); G01N 33/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A work machine with a chassis, a wheel hub rotationally coupled to the chassis, a tire coupled to the wheel hub and configured to engage an underlying surface, and a controller communicating with a plurality of sensors and having a memory unit. Wherein, the controller stores tire data for the tire in the memory unit and the controller determines a cone index of the underlying surface of the work machine based on the tire data and the plurality of sensors.