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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:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Kuhn North America, Inc., Brodhead, WI (US);
Inventors:
Damion D. Babler, Albany, WI (US);
Dana E. Redman, Orfordville, WI (US);
Dennis Williams, Albany, WI (US);
Reid L Christ, Evansville, WI (US);
Thomas J. Hoffman, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Timothy G. Osterhaus, Stoughton, WI (US);
William J. Bassett, Brodhead, WI (US);
Assignee:
KUHN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Brodhead, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 89/00 (2006.01); A01D 84/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 89/008 (2013.01); A01D 84/00 (2013.01); A01D 89/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus, and methods for use with mergers for processing a material on a ground surface includes detecting, via one or more sensors, an object of interest associated with the material when a merger is forming a windrow on the ground surface. The method also includes a step for facilitating removal of the object of interest from the material in response to the detection.