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Patent No.:

US 12239038 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2021

Apparatus and methods for measuring soil conditions

Applicant:

Precision Planting Llc, Tremont, IL (US);

Inventor:

Dillon Sloneker, Danvers, IL (US);

Assignee:

Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US);

Attorneys:

AGCO Corporation, IP Legal

MICHAEL MORGAN

JEFFREY ELLSWORTH

MATTHEW HARLOW

NATHAN WHITLOCK

KYLE WOODHOUSE

Primary Examiner:

Eric S McCall

Assistant Examiner:

Timothy P Graves

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 79/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 79/005 (2013.01); G01N 33/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for measuring a soil condition includes a shank configured to engage with a drawbar, an array of movable pads carried by the shank, and a plurality of sensors. Each of the movable pads are spaced at different distances from a point at which the shank is configured to engage the drawbar. Each sensor is coupled to at least one movable pad of the array of movable pads and configured to measure deflection of the at least one movable pad relative to the shank as the shank is dragged through soil by the drawbar. A method of measuring a property of soil includes dragging the shank through soil and measuring deflection of the movable pads relative to the shank as the shank is dragged through soil.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sloneker, Dillon. (2025). Apparatus and methods for measuring soil conditions (U.S. Patent No. 12239038). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12239038

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