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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2020
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Nico Correns, Mannheim, DE;
Wolfram Haiges, Magstadt, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for mitigating unwanted life forms, the apparatus comprising: a sensor system configured to detect an unwanted life form; an adjustable first electrode; an earthed second electrode; a voltage generator connected to the first and second electrodes; a conductivity generator for increasing conductivity between the first electrode and the unwanted life form; and a controller in communication with the sensor system, the voltage generator and the conductivity generator, the controller, using a signal from sensor system, adjusting the first electrode to a position adjacent to yet separate from the unwanted life form and the second electrode, engaging the conductivity generator and initiating a transfer of charge from the first electrode to the life form using the increased conductivity of the air between the first electrode and the life form.