Planter meter suspension system and method of improving seed spacing
AssigneePrecision Planting LLC
InventorsGregg Sauder, Derek Sauder, Don Dunlap, Chad Plattner, Justin Koch
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Abstract
A system and method to reduce vertical acceleration experienced by a seed meter of a planter row unit during planting operations, the planter row unit having a row unit frame including a hopper support from which the seed meter is operably supported. The system includes a support system operably vertically supporting the hopper support vertically movably independent of the row unit frame.
Claims5
A system to reduce vertical acceleration experienced by a seed meter of a planter row unit during planting operations, the planter row unit having a row unit frame including a hopper support from which the seed meter is operably supported, said system comprising:
- a suspension system operably vertically supporting the hopper support vertically movably independent the row unit frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.