US 2023/0413716 A1 · AGRICULTURAL CLOSING SYSTEM AND METHOD

Abstract

A system for a row unit of a planting implement includes a frame. A closing system is operably coupled with the frame. The closing system includes a closing arm operably coupled to the frame on a first portion of the closing arm, a closing disc operably coupled with a second portion of the closing arm, and an adjustment assembly operably coupled with the closing arm, the adjustment assembly configured to alter one or more operating parameters of the closing system. The system further includes a positioning system and a computing system communicatively coupled to the closing system and the positioning system. The computing system is configured to determine a location of the closing system based on data received from the positioning system, and alter the one or more operating parameters of the closing system from a first operating parameter to a second operating parameter based on the location of the closing system.

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Dependent claims

A system for a row unit of a planting implement, the system comprising:

a frame;
a closing system operably coupled with the frame, the closing system comprising:
a closing arm operably coupled to the frame on a first portion of the closing arm;
a closing disc operably coupled with a second portion of the closing arm;
and
an adjustment assembly operably coupled with the closing arm, the adjustment assembly configured to alter one or more operating parameters of the closing system;
a positioning system;
and
a computing system communicatively coupled to the closing system and the positioning system, the computing system being configured to:
determine a location of the closing system based on data received from the positioning system;
and
alter the one or more operating parameters of the closing system from a
first operating parameter to a second operating parameter based on the location of the closing system.

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A method for an agricultural operation, the method comprising:

determining, based on data from a positioning system, a location of a first row unit;
comparing, with a computing system, the first location of the first row unit to a prescription map;
and
altering, with an adjustment assembly operably coupled with the computing system, an operating parameter of a closing system of the first row unit when the location of the first row unit is moved from a first operating parameter zone to a second operating parameter zone, the first operating parameter zone and the second operating parameter zone defined by a prescription map.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Agricultural closing system and method

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