Patents by Inventor Jeremy Hodel
Jeremy Hodel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11917937Abstract: A seed unit for placing seeds into soil is described herein. A seed unit includes a seed meter for singulating seeds, a shaft to deliver the seeds into soil during operation, and an actuator coupled to the shaft. The actuator moves the shaft during operation and the shaft delivers seeds into the soil without a continuous seed trench.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Precision Planting LLCInventors: Jason Stoller, Todd Swanson, Jeremy Hodel, Kent Levy, Ian Radtke
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Publication number: 20240057510Abstract: A seed unit for placing seeds into soil is described herein. A seed unit includes a seed meter for singulating seeds, a shaft to deliver the seeds into soil during operation, and an actuator coupled to the shaft. The actuator moves the shaft during operation and the shaft delivers seeds into the soil without a continuous seed trench.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Jason Stoller, Todd Swanson, Jeremy Hodel, Kent Levy, Ian Radtke
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Patent number: 11895943Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for closing a planting trench include a disc assembly for loosening soil adjacent to the planting trench. In some embodiments a closing wheel assembly has a subframe, a vertical pivot mounting the closing wheel subframe to a row unit subframe, and a air of pivot arms. The closing wheel subframe pivots relative to the subframe of the row unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Precision Planting LLCInventors: Jeremy Hodel, Douglas Urbaniak, Timothy Kater
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Patent number: 11882782Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for adjusting the depth of a trench opened by a row unit of an agricultural planter. The row unit includes a trench depth adjustment assembly configured to modify the furrow depth. In one embodiment, the depth adjustment assembly may include a gear box having one or more gears which engage with a gear rack. The gear box may be pivotally connected to a depth adjustment body supporting a rocker that adjusts upward travel of gauge wheel arms. In another embodiment, the depth adjustment assembly may include a depth adjustment arm having a screw receiver that cooperates with a driven screw that adjusts the position of the depth adjustment arm acting on the gauge wheels to adjust trench depth.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Precision Planting LLCInventors: Dillon Sloneker, Jeremy Hodel
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Patent number: 11839172Abstract: A trench closing sensor adapted to mount to an agricultural implement to detect whether a seed trench is sufficiently closed with soil to ensure good seed to soil contact. The trench closing sensor may also detect the amount of compaction of the soil over the seed within the seed trench. The trench closing sensor may be in the form of a seed firmer from which a drag wire extends. As the open seed trench and drag wire are covered with soil, instrumentation measures or detects whether the seed trench is being adequately closed with soil by measuring the amount of force required to pull the wire through the soil or by measuring the amount of strain, pulling force or tension in the wire or by measuring the amount of soil pressure acting on the wire. The trench closing sensor may include other sensors for detecting soil characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Precision Planting LLCInventors: Dale Koch, Jeremy Hodel, Timothy Kater, Douglas Urbaniak
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Patent number: 11839171Abstract: A row unit downforce system including: a downforce actuator in operational communication with the row unit and constructed and arranged to apply supplemental downforce to the row unit and opening disks; a monitoring system comprising at least one furrow depth sensor constructed and arranged to generate furrow depth values; and a control system module, wherein the control system module is constructed and arranged to generate actuator command signals in response to the furrow depth values.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Precision Planting LLCInventors: Michael Strnad, Jeremy Hodel, Dale Koch, Todd Swanson, Dillon Sloneker
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Patent number: 11812682Abstract: An agricultural implement system having: a row unit coupled to a tool bar of an agricultural implement; an opener system coupled to a chassis of the row unit and configured to engage soil to form a trench; a downforce system configured to apply a downforce to the row unit to adjust a contact force between the row unit and the soil; a soil condition sensor configured to detect a condition of the soil and/or an operational sensor configured to detect operation of the agricultural implement system; a closing system, configured to close the trench created by the opener system; and a controller coupled to the soil condition sensor and/or the operational sensor, wherein the controller is configured to control the downforce system and the closing system in response to feedback from the soil condition sensor and/or the operational sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Precision Planting LLCInventors: Michael Strnad, Jeremy Hodel, Dale Koch, Todd Swanson, Dillon Sloneker
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Patent number: 11785876Abstract: An agricultural implement system having: a row unit coupled to a tool bar of an agricultural implement; an opener system coupled to the row unit and configured to engage soil to form a trench; a soil condition sensor; a closing system, configured to close the trench created by the opener system, the closing system comprises: a first disk configured to engage the soil and close the trench; a second disk configured to engage the soil and close the trench; and a controller configured to couple to the soil condition sensor and control a position or orientation of the first disk or the second disk in response to feedback from the soil condition sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Precision Planting LLCInventors: Michael Strnad, Jeremy Hodel, Dale Koch, Todd Swanson, Dillon Sloneker
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Publication number: 20230263088Abstract: A system for sensing characteristics of a trench in a soil surface during planting operations. A trench opening assembly opens a trench in the soil surface as the trench opening assembly moves in a forward direction of travel. A trench closing assembly disposed rearward of the trench opening assembly closes the opened trench with soil. One or more sensors may be disposed on an appurtenance disposed in said trench configured to provide characteristics of an area of the open trench or an area of the trench closed with soil by the trench closing assembly or a sensor may be disposed outside of said trench configured to provide characteristics of an area of the trench closed with soil or a combination of the sensors may be disposed in the trench and outside of the trench.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Dale Koch, Jason Stoller, Todd Swanson, Michael Strnad, Matthew Morgan, Ian Radtke, Timothy Kater, Jeremy Hodel
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Patent number: 11678600Abstract: A system for sensing characteristics of a trench in a soil surface during planting operations. A trench opening assembly opens a trench in the soil surface as the trench opening assembly moves in a forward direction of travel. A trench closing assembly disposed rearward of the trench opening assembly closes the opened trench with soil. One or more sensors may be disposed on an appurtenance disposed in said trench configured to provide characteristics of an area of the open trench or an area of the trench closed with soil by the trench closing assembly or a sensor may be disposed outside of said trench configured to provide characteristics of an area of the trench closed with soil or a combination of the sensors may be disposed in the trench and outside of the trench.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Precision Planting LLCInventors: Dale Koch, Jason Stoller, Todd Swanson, Michael Strnad, Matthew Morgan, Ian Radtke, Timothy Kater, Jeremy Hodel
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Patent number: 11678601Abstract: A system for seed orientation includes a seed disk capable of rotation in operation and having at least one singulator to adjust an orientation of seed to a desired seed orientation for placement within a furrow during planting. A vision system in proximity to the seed disk determines seed orientation data for seed on the seed disk.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Precision Planting LLCInventors: Dale Koch, Jeremy Hodel, Todd Swanson, Ian Radtke
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Publication number: 20230091931Abstract: A processing system having: a processing unit to execute instructions for processing agricultural data; and a memory to store agricultural data, the processing unit is configured to execute instructions to obtain properties for seed environment data including at least two of soil color, residue, topography, soil texture and type, organic matter, soil temperature, soil moisture, seed shape and size, seed cold germ, furrow depth, predicted temperature, predicted precipitation, predicted wind speed, and predicted cloud cover, and to determine seed environment data based on the properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventor: Jeremy Hodel
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Patent number: 11596096Abstract: A mini-hopper for an agricultural row unit that has a fill tube supplying material to a hopper. A backflow preventer is disposed in the fill tube or in a line to the inlet to prevent flow of material from the mini-hopper through the fill tube when the mini-hopper is in a transport position.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignees: Precision Planting LLC, AGCO do Brasil Soluções Agrícolas Ltda.Inventors: Jeremy Hodel, Timothy Kater, Tracy Leman, Jarlis Luiz Matter
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Patent number: 11589501Abstract: An agricultural row unit includes a soil-engaging tool supported from a pivot arm. A sensor generates an output signal relating to an orientation of the pivot arm relative to a frame member. An actuator is configured to applying a down pressure on the soil-engaging tool. A control system in signal communication with the sensor is responsive to the generated output signal to effect a change in applied down pressure on the soil-engaging tool by the actuator. The soil-engaging tool may be a closing wheel or a flap. One or more additional sensors may be provided on gauge wheel arms of the row unit with the control system being responsive to output signals of the additional sensors to effect the change in applied down pressure on the soil-engaging tool by the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Precision Planting LLCInventors: Derek Sauder, Jeremy Hodel, Cory Muhlbauer
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Patent number: 11547036Abstract: A seed trench depth sensor is adapted to mount to an agricultural implement. The trench depth sensor determining the difference between a distance measured to a bottom of the seed trench by a first sensor and a distance measured to a surface of the soil by a second sensor disposed rearward of the first sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Precision Planting LLCInventors: Michael Strnad, Jeremy Hodel, Dale Koch, Todd Swanson, Dillon Sloneker
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Publication number: 20220377960Abstract: An agricultural trench depth sensing system having a trench implement adapted to be disposed in a soil trench opened in a soil surface. In one embodiment an ultrasonic sensor detects a distance to an upper surface of said trench implement or a target disposed thereon. In another embodiment, said trench implement includes one or more fingers which rotate with respect to said trench implement to detect the soil surface relative to said trench implement. In another embodiment, said trench implement includes side sensors for detecting the sidewall of the soil trench.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventor: JEREMY HODEL
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Patent number: 11477937Abstract: An agricultural row unit includes a knife disposed ahead of the gauge wheel for delivering material to soil adjacent to a trench. In one example, an agricultural toolbar includes a frame, a wheel mounted to the frame, and a knife disposed ahead of the wheel and comprising a material delivery conduit disposed on, through, or adjacent the knife.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Precision Planting LLCInventors: Jeremy Hodel, Doug Urbaniak
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Publication number: 20220330476Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods related to agricultural planters. In some implementations, the row unit includes a soil engaging member, where the soil engaging member engages at least one sidewall of a trench and displaces soil from the sidewall to cover the seed. In further implementations, the row unit includes a sensing system for sensing sidewall compaction and/or soil moisture.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Dale Koch, Jason Stoller, Todd Swanson, Michael Strnad, Matthew Morgan, Ian Radtke, Timothy Kater, Jeremy Hodel
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Publication number: 20220330469Abstract: A system (1000) and method of marking soil or crops within afield with a visual strip (1001) to identify an occurrence of a detected event as an agricultural implement (10) traverses a field. The system includes an assembly (100, 200, 300, 500, 700, 800, 900) supported by the agricultural implement. The assembly includes a supply of a colored composition and an actuator (130, 330, 1030) configured to receive the actuation signals sent by the controller (80, 81). The actuator is responsive to the actuation signals to release the colored composition at the location on the field while the agricultural implement advances through the field in the forward direction of travel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Jeremy Hodel, Timothy Kater, Jason Stoller, Isaac Carr, Douglas Urbaniak, John Weigand
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Publication number: 20220295686Abstract: A planting system having a plurality of row units, each row unit having: (a) at least one opening disc configured to open a seed trench; (b) a soil engaging member configured to engage a sidewall of the trench during planting; and (c) at least one strain gauge in operative communication with the soil engaging member, wherein the at least one strain gauge measures force on the soil engaging member during planting operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Dale Koch, Jeremy Hodel, Timothy Kater, Douglas Urbaniak