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US 2025/0351761 A1Published application
Agricultural apparatus with integrated controller for a row unit
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorJoseph D. BASSETT
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Abstract
An agricultural row unit includes a linkage assembly that is pivotably coupled to an attachment frame. A hydraulic cylinder is coupled to the linkage assembly and applies pressure to the linkage assembly. A controller is mounted in the row unit such that is coupled to the hydraulic cylinder for controlling the pressure applied by the hydraulic cylinder.
Claims2
1-20. (canceled)
A monitor system for an agricultural seed planter having a plurality of row units, the monitor system comprising:
- a controller;
- a plurality of row units, each having:
- a first soil-engaging tool;
- a first actuator causing the first soil-engaging tool to be urged toward earth according to a first actuator signal received from the controller, and
- a first sensor that measures a first parameter related to or indicative of the first actuator's force or pressure on the first soil-engaging tool and that provides a sensor signal indicative of the first measured parameter to the controller;
- a video display coupled to the controller that is configured to cause the video display to display, in real time as the plurality of row units are moved along the earth, a row monitor graphical representation that indicates a deviation by the first measured parameter from a first target parameter for the first soil-engaging tool for each respective one of the plurality of row units.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.