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US 12,667,042 B2Granted
Apparatuses for soil and seed monitoring
AssigneePrecision Planting LLC
InventorsJeremy J. Hodel, Michael Strnad
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a soil apparatus includes a soil engaging portion to engage with soil and a plurality of sensors disposed in the soil apparatus and having a pivotable axis within the soil apparatus. Each sensor is independently pivotable about the pivotable axis to independently position for sensing soil characteristics of soil.
Claims9
A soil apparatus comprising:
- a soil engaging portion to engage with soil;
- and
- a plurality of sensors disposed in the soil apparatus of a row unit and having a pivotable axis within the soil apparatus, wherein each sensor of the plurality of sensors is independently pivotable about the pivotable axis to independently position for sensing soil characteristics of soil, and wherein each sensor of the plurality of sensors is positioned vertically along the pivotable axis with respect to each of the plurality of sensors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.