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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Precision Planting Llc, Tremont, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael Strnad, Delavan, IL (US);
Jeremy Hodel, Morton, IL (US);
Dale Koch, Tremont, IL (US);
Todd Swanson, Morton, IL (US);
Dillon Sloneker, Danvers, IL (US);
Assignee:
Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 76/00 (2006.01); A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01B 49/02 (2006.01); A01B 49/06 (2006.01); A01B 63/32 (2006.01); A01C 7/04 (2006.01); G01B 7/26 (2006.01); G01B 15/00 (2006.01); A01C 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 76/00 (2013.01); A01B 49/027 (2013.01); A01B 49/06 (2013.01); A01B 63/32 (2013.01); A01B 79/005 (2013.01); A01C 5/064 (2013.01); A01C 5/066 (2013.01); A01C 5/068 (2013.01); A01C 7/042 (2013.01); A01C 7/203 (2013.01); A01C 7/205 (2013.01); G01B 7/26 (2013.01); G01B 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A row unit downforce system including: a downforce actuator in operational communication with the row unit and constructed and arranged to apply supplemental downforce to the row unit and opening disks; a monitoring system comprising at least one furrow depth sensor constructed and arranged to generate furrow depth values; and a control system module, wherein the control system module is constructed and arranged to generate actuator command signals in response to the furrow depth values.