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Utility
Seed trench closing systems
17 Oct 23
An agricultural implement system having: a row unit coupled to a tool bar of an agricultural implement; an opener system coupled to the row unit and configured to engage soil to form a trench; a soil condition sensor; a closing system, configured to close the trench created by the opener system, the closing system comprises: a first disk configured to engage the soil and close the trench; a second disk configured to engage the soil and close the trench; and a controller configured to couple to the soil condition sensor and control a position or orientation of the first disk or the second disk in response to feedback from the soil condition sensor.
Michael Strnad, Jeremy Hodel, Dale Koch, Todd Swanson, Dillon Sloneker
Filed: 26 Oct 20
Utility
System and Method of Assisted or Automated Crop Transfer Synchronization
12 Oct 23
A system includes an agricultural crop receiving vehicle with a bin for receiving and holding agricultural crop material and an electromagnetic detecting and ranging module for generating data indicating the presence and location of a harvester proximate the agricultural crop receiving vehicle.
Martin Peter Christiansen, Ramon Buchaca Tarragona, Morten Leth Bilde
Filed: 10 Mar 23
Utility
Bi-modal Cellular Device
12 Oct 23
A bi-modal cellular device installable on remote equipment, the bi-modal cellular device comprising a processor, a high throughput modem, a low power modem, and an antenna.
Josh Gelinske, David Batcheller, Ross Eickhoff, Jameson Bickert, Christopher William Horne
Filed: 12 Apr 23
Utility
Vision System
12 Oct 23
A system comprising a boom, a plurality of nozzles disposed along the boom, a light disposed on the boom to illuminate a spray pattern from at least one nozzle, a camera disposed on the boom to capture a first image of a spray from the at least one nozzle at a first time and a second image of no spray from the at least one nozzle at a second time, and a processor to calculate a difference between the first time and second time to determine a pulse width modulation of the at least one nozzle.
Nicholas Winkler, Jason J. Stoller
Filed: 15 Oct 21
Utility
Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Agricultural Liquid Application
12 Oct 23
A liquid application apparatus for applying liquid to soil during a planting operation, having: a ground-engaging component mounted to a planter row unit, the planter row unit opening a planting trench, the planter row unit depositing seeds in the planting trench, the ground-engaging component disposed at least partially within said planting trench as the planter row unit traverses the field; a first liquid injection conduit mounted to said ground-engaging component and disposed to inject liquid into a first sidewall of said planting trench, and wherein said ground-engaging component is mounted in a housing via at least one of a height adjustment arm that is pivotably mounted in the housing to allow for height adjustment of said ground-engaging component, and a spring that is pivotably mounted in the housing to allow for vertical deflection of said ground-engaging component.
Jason Stoller, Justin Koch, Brian McMahon, Derek Sauder, Ian Radtke, Michael Strnad, Dale Koch, Matthew Morgan, Tracy Leman, Paul Wildermuth
Filed: 26 Apr 23
Utility
Crop Stream Analysis System in a Combine Harvester
12 Oct 23
A combine harvester includes a grain pan that is arranged to catch a crop stream.
Dan Hermann
Filed: 27 Sep 21
Utility
Combine Harvester Control System
12 Oct 23
A combine harvester, and method of control involves conveying a crop material stream through a grain cleaning system which has screening apparatus.
Dan Hermann
Filed: 27 Sep 21
Utility
System and Method of Assisted or Automated Crop Transfer
12 Oct 23
A system includes an agricultural crop receiving vehicle with a bin for receiving and holding agricultural crop material and a camera positioned to capture images of an area proximate the receiving vehicle.
Martin Peter Christiansen, Ramon Buchaca Tarragona, Dan Hermann, Morten Stigaard Laursen, Esma Mujkic, Morten Leth Bilde
Filed: 10 Mar 23
Utility
Nozzle Light Assembly
12 Oct 23
A system having: a boom; at least one nozzle assembly attached to the boom; and a nozzle or a second nozzle assembly; wherein the at least one nozzle assembly and the second nozzle assembly each comprise a nozzle and at least one light; wherein the at least one light is disposed to illuminate a spray from an adjacent nozzle assembly or nozzle.
Nicholas Winkler, Paul Wildermuth, Justin McMenamy
Filed: 15 Oct 21
Utility
Vision System
12 Oct 23
A system having a boom; a plurality of cameras attached to the boom; and a plurality of lenses on each camera; wherein not all lenses have a same field of view.
Nicholas Winkler, Paul Wildermuth
Filed: 15 Oct 21
Utility
Utility vehicle braking
10 Oct 23
A method of brake steering in a four-wheel drive utility vehicle having a driven front axle carrying at least two front wheels, a driven rear axle carrying at least two rear wheels, a powertrain delivering torque to the front and rear axles via a connecting shaft, a controlled clutch arrangement in the connecting shaft operable to vary the distribution of delivered torque between the front and rear axles, and independently operable service brakes on each of the front and rear wheels.
Martin Brenninger
Filed: 26 Oct 18
Utility
Agricultural sampling system and related methods
10 Oct 23
A coulter assembly for collecting soil samples from an agricultural field in one embodiment comprises an annular collection blade configured for penetrating soil to capture a sample, an annular cam ring configured for stationary mounting to a frame of an agricultural vehicle and comprising a cam track, a blade hub coupled to the blade for rotatably supporting the annular collection blade from the annular cam ring, and a movable sample collector mounted to the annular collection blade.
Todd Swanson, Dale Koch, Kent Levy, Matthew O'Neall, Reid Harman
Filed: 7 Jan 21
Utility
Flexible header with sectional height adjustment
10 Oct 23
A flexible harvesting header having multiple sections supported by support arms, with the height of each arm being adjustable in response to a changing load.
Chelan DeAric Duerksen, Derek Paul Buman
Filed: 8 Feb 21
Utility
Baling apparatus
10 Oct 23
A binding material storage apparatus for a round baler having a rotary magazine for storage of a plurality of rolls of binding material, the rotary magazine being rotatable about a horizontal axis between a plurality of discrete positions, each discrete position being suitable for storage of a roll of a binding material and from which position the binding material may be dispensed.
Christian Adam, Tobias Keune, Malte Cornelius Schlichting
Filed: 29 Apr 22
Utility
Mower combination with location based conveyor control
10 Oct 23
An agricultural vehicle and connected mower having a number of mowing units suitable for cutting a standing crop, including a front mowing unit and two lateral mowing units located behind and to the sides of the front mowing unit, each of the lateral mowing units having conveyor units to deposit cut crop as a swath.
Johannes Fillep, Ronnie Kinast
Filed: 19 Dec 20
Utility
Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Agricultural Material Application
5 Oct 23
An agricultural row unit includes a knife disposed ahead of a wheel for delivering material to soil adjacent to a trench.
Jeremy J. Hodel, Douglas William Urbaniak
Filed: 20 Sep 22
Utility
Agricultural Trench Depth Systems, Methods, and Apparatus
5 Oct 23
Systems, methods and apparatus for adjusting the depth of a trench opened by a row unit of an agricultural planter.
Dillon Sloneker, Todd Swanson, Dale Koch
Filed: 5 Jun 23
Utility
Method and System for Obtaining a Sample of Dry Product from a Receptacle
5 Oct 23
A sampling system and method are used for extracting a sample of dry product from a receptacle.
Evan Thomas Smith
Filed: 16 Apr 21
Utility
Easy adjust tensioner assembly
3 Oct 23
A tensioning bar assembly for a drive system of an agricultural machine includes a longitudinal bar having a top end, a bottom end, and a threaded portion.
Andrew Mark Veer, William Ryan Haar
Filed: 9 Jan 23
Utility
Soil sensing systems and implements for sensing different soil parameters
3 Oct 23
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and implements for sensing, analyzing, and displaying different soil parameters.
Jason Stoller, Ben L. Schlipf
Filed: 15 Oct 18