# US 9,775,280 B2 · Baffle orientation device for an inductor box of an agricultural implement > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,775,280 B2 - Document ID: US9775280B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/808,803 - Filed: 2015-07-24 - Published: 2015-11-19 - Granted: 2017-10-03 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09 - Assignees: CNH Industrial America LLC - Applicants: CNH Industrial America LLC - Inventors: Chad M. Johnson; Michael J. Connors - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9775280B2 ## CPC - A01C 7/084: {Pneumatic distribution heads for seeders} - A01C 7/081: {Seeders depositing seeds in rows using pneumatic means} - A01C 7/082: {Ducts, distribution pipes or details thereof for pneumatic seeders} - B23P 11/00: Connecting or disconnecting metal parts or objects by metal-working techniques not otherwise provided for (connecting sheet metal or metal tubes, rods or profiles B21D39/00; riveting B21J; soldering, unsoldering, welding B23K; hand tools for connecting wire or strip B25B25/00; connecting metal parts by adhesives F16B11/00) - B65G 53/46: Gates or sluices, e.g. rotary wheels - Y10T 29/49895: Associating parts by use of aligning means [e.g., use of a drift pin or a "fixture"] - A01C: PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING (parts, details or accessories of agricultural machines or implements, in general A01B51/00 - A01B75/00) - B23P: METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q) - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract An agricultural product distribution system that includes an inductor box configured to receive agricultural product and conveyed air to combine the agricultural product and the conveyed air. The agricultural product distribution system also includes a removable baffle configured to control an amount of the conveyed air that flows into each port of the plurality of ports. Furthermore, the inductor box is configured to enable the removable baffle to be slidingly inserted into the inductor box, and the removable baffle comprises a tang configured to at least partially block insertion of the removable baffle into the inductor box while the removable baffle is oriented at an undesirable orientation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for assembling an inductor box of an agricultural product distribution system, comprising: receiving a baffle having a tang into the inductor box, wherein receiving the baffle into the inductor box comprises: fully receiving insertion of the baffle in a first orientation in which one or more ports of a plurality of ports of the baffle align with one or more air channels of the inductor box, wherein the tang enables full insertion of the baffle when the baffle is oriented in the first orientation; and at least partially blocking insertion of the baffle into the inductor box using the tang when the baffle is oriented in a second orientation in which the plurality of ports do not align with the one or more air channels. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising at least partially blocking seating of an air inlet of the inductor box while the baffle is oriented in the second orientation. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the air inlet is configured to couple to an air intake port of the inductor box when the baffle is oriented in the first orientation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising coupling the one or more of the plurality of ports to the one or more air channels. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising coupling each of a plurality of distribution units to the one or more air channels. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the baffle comprises a number of the plurality of ports that is based at least in part on a length through which the agricultural product is to travel through a respective distribution unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising coupling an air inlet to an air intake port of the inductor box, wherein the air intake port is configured to receive conveyed air via the air inlet. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, comprising coupling the air inlet to a fan configured to provide the conveyed air to the inductor box via the air intake port. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, comprising at least partially blocking the air inlet from coupling fully with the air intake port of the inductor box while the removable baffle is inserted into the inductor box in the second orientation. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the tang comprises at least one tang each comprising a protrusion extending from at least one lateral edge of the baffle. ### Claim 11 A method for assembling an inductor box of an agricultural product distribution system, comprising: receiving a baffle having a tang into the inductor box, wherein receiving the baffle into the inductor box comprises: at least partially blocking insertion of the baffle into the inductor box using the tang when the baffle is oriented in a first orientation in which a plurality of ports of the baffle do not align with the one or more air channels of the inductor box, wherein one or more ports of the plurality of ports are configured to facilitate air flow to the one or more air channels while the one or more ports are aligned with the one or more air channels. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, comprising fully receiving insertion of the baffle in a second orientation in which one or more ports of a plurality of ports of the baffle align with one or more air channels of the inductor box, wherein the tang enables full insertion of the baffle when the baffle is oriented in the second orientation. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, comprising at least partially blocking seating of an air inlet with an air intake port of the inductor box while the baffle is oriented in the first orientation. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the air inlet is configured to couple to the air intake port of the inductor box when the baffle is oriented in the second orientation. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one tang comprises a protrusion extending from a lateral edge of the removable baffle. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one tang is positioned vertically below the removable baffle while the removable baffle is oriented in the second orientation. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one tang is positioned vertically above the removable baffle while the removable baffle is oriented in the first orientation. ### Claim 18 A method for assembling an inductor box of an agricultural product distribution system, comprising: receiving a baffle having a tang into the inductor box, wherein receiving the baffle into the inductor box comprises: at least partially blocking insertion of the baffle into the inductor box using the tang when the baffle is oriented in a first orientation in which a plurality of ports of the baffle do not align with the one or more air channels of the inductor box, wherein one or more ports of the plurality of ports are configured to facilitate air flow to the one or more air channels while the one or more ports are aligned with the one or more air channels; at least partially coupling an air inlet with an air intake port of the inductor box; and coupling each of a plurality of distribution units to one or more air channels. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the baffle comprises a number of the plurality of ports that is based at least in part on a length through which the agricultural product is to travel through a respective distribution unit. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the baffle comprises a number of the plurality of ports that is based at least in part on a number of respective distribution units.