Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air seeder frame force control
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Application No.: US16341664Application Date: 2017-10-19
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Publication No.: US11439056B2Publication Date: 2022-09-13
- Inventor: William Frank , Chad Plattner
- Applicant: Precision Planting LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Tremont
- Assignee: Precision Planting LLC
- Current Assignee: Precision Planting LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Tremont
- International Application: PCT/US2017/057421 WO 20171019
- International Announcement: WO2018/075788 WO 20180426
- Main IPC: A01C5/06
- IPC: A01C5/06 ; A01C7/20 ; A01C7/08 ; G01L5/00

Abstract:
Described herein are air seeders that have force actuators acting on at least one of the firming implement and closing wheel to adjust for a specified downforce on at least one of the firming implement and the closing wheel. In one example, a seeding implement includes a support arm having a support arm first portion and a support arm second portion. A firming implement support arm is pivotally connected to the support arm second portion at a first pivot at a first end of the firming implement support arm. A firming implement force actuator is pivotally connected to the support arm second portion at a first end of the firming implement force actuator and connected to the firming implement support arm at the second end of the firming implement force actuator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190380259A1 AIR SEEDER PRESS WHEEL AND CLOSING WHEEL FORCE CONTROL Public/Granted day:2019-12-19
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