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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:
Nov. 19, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2021
Applicant:

Vaderstad Llc, Wahpeton, ND (US);

Inventors:

Michael Dennis Schmidt, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Collin David Miller, Mapleton, ND (US);

Assignee:

Vaderstad LLC, Wahpeton, ND (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/10 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); A01C 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/105 (2013.01); A01C 21/005 (2013.01); G01C 21/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An agricultural product application system such as an air seeder or a sprayer includes a controller, a product source, and a plurality of product dispensing sections. Each of the dispensing sections include a metering module and a product sensor arranged to detect product passing through one or more product dispensing devices. The controller determines a dispense activation delay (d) for each product dispensing section by measuring a delay between activation of the metering module and the product sensor detecting product arriving. The delay is optionally used for automatic control of the product dispensing sections and/or for logging georeferenced application data.


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