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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2019
Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, IA (US);
Matthew J. Wilhelmi, Parnell, IA (US);
Marvin Bachman, Marengo, IA (US);
Dustan Hahn, Tampa, FL (US);
Michael J. Myers, Williamsburg, IA (US);
Vaughan Stevenson, Williamsburg, IA (US);
Robert Blackwell, Coralville, IA (US);
Courtney N. Achen, Iowa City, IA (US);
Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, IA (US);
Abstract
An agricultural implement includes a number of row units. The row units include one or more seed meters for receiving, singulating, and dispensing seed to the ground such that preferred spacing of subsequent seed is attained. Seed delivery systems are included to aid in transporting the seed from the seed meter to the ground in a controlled manner to mitigate skips and to aid in controlling the spacing of the seeds, which can be based upon the ground speed of the implement as it moves through the field. The seed delivery systems can control the transport of the seed to a furrow in the field such that the seed can experience zero or near zero relative velocity so that the seed will have little to no movement once positioned in the furrow.