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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 08, 2022
Applicant:

Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, IA (US);

Inventors:

Courtney N. Achen, Williamsburg, IA (US);

Marvin Bachman, Williamsburg, IA (US);

Vaughan G. Stevenson, Williamsburg, IA (US);

Assignee:

Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, IA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 63/00 (2006.01); A01B 49/04 (2006.01); A01B 49/06 (2006.01); A01B 71/02 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/20 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 63/008 (2013.01); A01B 49/04 (2013.01); A01B 49/06 (2013.01); A01B 71/02 (2013.01); A01B 79/005 (2013.01); A01C 5/062 (2013.01); A01C 5/064 (2013.01); A01C 7/203 (2013.01); A01C 7/205 (2013.01); A01C 21/00 (2013.01); Y10S 111/90 (2013.01); Y10S 111/903 (2013.01);
Abstract

Agricultural devices, row unit adjustment systems, and methods of adjusting a depth of a furrow. In some aspects, an agricultural device is adapted to plant seeds and includes a frame, a furrow opener coupled to the frame and adapted to cut a furrow including a depth, a sensor adapted to sense a characteristic associated with planting seeds and generate a signal associated with the sensed characteristic, and a processing unit receiving the signal associated with the sensed characteristic. The depth of the furrow is adjustable based on the signal associated with the sensed characteristic. Such characteristic may be a characteristic of the soil, a force applied to the agricultural device, or a position of a portion of the agricultural device.


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