Patents Issued in May 14, 2024
  • Patent number: D1027348
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Eulogio A. Guzmán-Lugo
  • Patent number: D1027349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Juliette Laroche, Dzmitry Varhan
  • Patent number: D1027350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Jianhua Chen
  • Patent number: D1027351
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Suzanne Berberet, Michael Kahwaji, Ejung Kim, Michael Seeley
  • Patent number: D1027352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Peiwu Wu
  • Patent number: D1027353
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MQUIP GROUP INC.
    Inventor: James Allen Douglas Reid
  • Patent number: D1027354
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MQUIP GROUP INC.
    Inventor: James Allen Douglas Reid
  • Patent number: D1027355
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Brera Medical Technologies S.r.l.
    Inventor: Attilio Grattacaso
  • Patent number: D1027356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: V. GULDMANN A/S
    Inventor: Morten Rathke
  • Patent number: D1027357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Brew Movers, LLC
    Inventors: Adrian Michael Gram, Brandon Scott Arnold, John Ross Edwards
  • Patent number: D1027358
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Orbs & Keepsakes, LLC
    Inventors: Jerel Bethany, Brett Bethany
  • Patent number: D1027359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Scott V. Totman, James Kresge
  • Patent number: D1027360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Samuel Marcus Howard
  • Patent number: PP35801
    Abstract: A new distinct variety of grapevine named ‘ARD7’ abundantly forms attractive crispy seedless berries with a black skin coloration in lax and small clusters which display a naturally sweet flavor, the fruit commonly is ready for harvesting during June in San Joaquin Valley of Central California, U.S.A., and displays good eating qualities as a table grape having a firmness that renders the fruit well amenable for handling, shipping, and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Agricultural Research and Development Limited Liability Company
    Inventor: Shachar Karniel
  • Patent number: PP35802
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa), which originated from seed produced by a hand-pollinated cross between ‘FL 13.27-142’ and ‘FL 16.78-94’. The new strawberry, named ‘FL 18.52-66’, can be distinguished at least by its white internal fruit color when fully ripe; white external fruit color with a pink blush and red achenes when fully ripe; consistent conical shape; and moderate acid content when grown in West Central Florida or other regions that have a climate similar to that of West Central Florida.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.
    Inventor: Vance Whitaker
  • Patent number: PP35803
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Clematis plant named ‘EviGsy151’ that is characterized by its large sized flowers, its vibrant purple-blue flowers with a vertical pink central band on the tepals, and vibrant red anthers, its compact plant habit, its very floriferous blooming habit, its good vigor with ease of growth, its good suitability for growing in gardens and containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Raymond J. Evison Ltd.
    Inventor: Raymond J. Evison
  • Patent number: PP35804
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Clematis plant named ‘Zo18197’ that is characterized by its floriferous and long blooming habit; June to September in The Netherlands, its flowers on young plants that appear from the base to the top of the plant, its dark grey-green anthers, and its flowers that are deep violet-blue in color with an axillary central band on each tepal that is slightly lighter in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: J.VAN ZOEST BEHEER B.V.
    Inventor: Jos van Zoest
  • Patent number: PP35805
    Abstract: A new Mandevilla plant named ‘MANZ0031’ particularly distinguished by its large deep red flowers, glossy and smooth dark green foliage, compact and bushy plant habit with excellent branching and flower production and fast flowering response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Wendy R. Bergman
  • Patent number: PP35806
    Abstract: A new and distinct Ilex verticillata plant named ‘DD-21’ which is characterized by vigorous growth, an abundance of strong upright main stems, short lateral branches with each bearing an abundance of very large vibrant red berries borne along their entire length. The claimed plant propagates successfully by softwood stem cuttings and has proven to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Leendert DeVries
  • Patent number: PP35807
    Abstract: ‘DALSA 1618’ is an interploid hybrid variety of St. Augustinegrass. ‘DALSA 1618’ possesses a unique combination of drought and shade tolerance that allows its use across the southcentral and southeastern United States.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Ambika Chandra, Anthony D. Genovesi
  • Patent number: PP35808
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Agapanthus plant named ‘DWAgHyb05’ that is characterized by its good resistance to root rot and crown rot, its bi-color flowers (white and purple), its long flowering period with a re-blooming habit, its fast growth habit with blooms at a young age, its compact plant habit and medium plant height, its high flower count per umbel, and its numerous inflorescences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: De Wet Plant Breeders
    Inventors: Quinton Bean, Charles Andrew De Wet
  • Patent number: PP35809
    Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘Watermelon Sugar’ of heavily branched plants, strong-stemmed, producing faintly fragrant inflorescences with wide ray florets magenta pink color transitioning to raspberry sherbet coloring and drooping and maturing to a light pinkish color. The center disk florets of watermelon-magenta produce a large center pompon. The new plant has dark-green ovate foliage, produces flowers from mid-summer to late summer, and is suitable as a potted plant, for the landscape, and for cut flower arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP35810
    Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Goldenray plant, Ligularia ‘Big Green Tractor’, with a large mounded habit, vertical peduncle of dense clusters of large, upright, capitate, golden flowers on branched chartreuse panicles. The huge fine-textured leaves are rounded, palmately-compound, with numerous deeply-dissected lobes that have coarsely serrated and ciliolate margins. Flowering begins in late summer and lasts for about three weeks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: RE49966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Merry Products Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Xin, Jeffrey Pinard
  • Patent number: RE49967
    Abstract: Provided are combinations, compositions and kits containing a immune globulin (IG) composition and a soluble hyaluronidase composition formulated for subcutaneous administration. Such products can be used in methods of treating IG-treatable diseases or conditions. Also provided are methods for subcutaneous administration of immune globulin whereby the dosing regimen is substantially the same as for intravenous administration of the same dosage for treatment of the same IG-treatable disease or condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Richard Schiff, Heinz Leibl
  • Patent number: RE49968
    Abstract: Method of certification including receiving user data at a device of a certifying entity. The method includes generating a salt that is unique. The method includes hashing the data combined with the salt to create a generated hashed data. The method includes generating a certification record based on signing the generated hashed data using a private key of the certifying entity to create a signed certification of the data. The method includes hashing the certification record. The method includes transmitting the hashed certification record to a blockchain for storing. The method includes receiving a certification tx-ID of the hashed certification record. The method includes generating a certification data block including the certification record and the certification tx-ID. The method includes storing the certification data block to a side chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Ping Identity Corporation
    Inventors: Armin Ebrahimi, Gaurav Khot, Vladimir Reshetnikov, Robert Gadbois
  • Patent number: RE49969
    Abstract: Disclosed are a communication scheme and a system thereof for converging an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a high data transmission rate beyond that of a 4G system. A method and an apparatus for configuring a connection with a second device, which provides access to a network, by a first device in a communication system, is provided. The method includes discovering the second device supporting a neighbor awareness network (NAN) and located within a predetermined range from the first device, exchanging an ephemeral key of the first device for identifying the first device and an ephemeral key of the second device for identifying the second device, and performing a secure connection between the first device and the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Soo-Yong Lee, Byung-Moo Lee, Joo-Yeol Lee, Dong He
  • Patent number: RE49970
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic module with high routing efficiency and other new possibilities in conductor design. The electronic module comprises a wiring layer (3), a component (1) having a surface with contact terminals (2) and first contact elements (6) that connect at least some of the contact terminals (2) to the wiring layer (3). The electronic module is provided with at least one conducting pattern (4) on the surface of the component (1) but spaced apart from the contact terminals (2). The electronic module further comprises a dielectric (5) and at least one second contact element (7) that connects the conducting pattern (4) to the wiring layer (3) through a portion of said dielectric (5). Methods of manufacturing such modules are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: IMBERATEK, LLC
    Inventors: Antti Kivikero, Pekka Kostensalo, Jaakko Hekki Tapie Moisala
  • Patent number: 11980112
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for controlling an operation of a tillage implement being towed across a field by a work vehicle may include a tillage tool configured to engage soil and crop material present within a field as the tillage implement is being towed across the field by the work vehicle. Furthermore, the system may include a controller configured to receive an input associated with crop material present within the field and determine a location of a crop row relative to the tillage tool based on the received input. Additionally, the controller may be configured to control a direction of travel of the tillage implement based on the determined location of the crop row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: James W. Henry, Nicholas Nahuel Andrejuk, Joshua David Harmon
  • Patent number: 11980113
    Abstract: A system for adjusting actuator pressure on an agricultural implement includes a fluid-driven actuator configured to adjust a position of a tool of the implement relative to the implement frame, with the fluid-driven actuator defining a fluid chamber. Furthermore, the system includes a valve configured to control a flow of a fluid to the fluid-driven actuator. In addition, the system includes a fluid conduit fluidly coupled between the valve and the fluid chamber. Moreover, the system includes a computing system is configured to determine the current position of the tool relative to the implement frame based on the data captured by a position sensor. Additionally, the computing system is configured to determine a current volume of the fluid chamber and the fluid conduit based on the determined current position. Furthermore, the computing system is configured to control the operation of the valve based on the determined current volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Chad M. Johnson, Trevor Stanhope, Christopher Joel Huber, Michael Christopher Conboy
  • Patent number: 11980114
    Abstract: A control system for an agricultural system includes a memory configured to store a path and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to receive feedback indicative of a position of the agricultural system, select a selected swath from a plurality of swaths of the path based on the position, in which each swath of the plurality of swaths includes a respective trigger point, and determine that the position of the agricultural system is within a threshold range of the respective trigger point of the selected swath. The processing circuitry is also configured to output a signal to instruct a component of the agricultural system to perform an operation associated with the respective trigger point of the selected swath in response to determining that the position of the agricultural system is within the threshold range of the respective trigger point of the selected swath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Yaseen Suleman
  • Patent number: 11980115
    Abstract: A protective frame position control system includes a wheel protective frame for a working vehicle. The wheel protective frame is mounted on a wheel via at least one bearing aligned with a center of rotation of the wheel, and a position guide 55 is associable with an upper cast of a suspension via a pin 56 to prevent rotation of the wheel protective frame and also maintain a position of the wheel protective frame at any height of the suspension of the working vehicle. The position guide comprises includes a geometry oriented vertically and compatible with a path travelled by a first end of a damping element, which is associated with the center of rotation of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Thiago Kato Perez
  • Patent number: 11980116
    Abstract: A system and a method for automation of agricultural treatments. The system receives a set of instructions for the agricultural treatment. The set of instructions may include a type of agricultural treatment, and a target location. Further, the system may determine chemical parameters including a composition, a dosage, and a quantity of a chemical required for the agricultural treatment. Further, the system may be configured to navigate the robot to the target location. Further, the system may detect a spraying section based on the type of agricultural treatment. Subsequently, the system may determine a speed of the robot, a proximity of the robot to the spraying section, and a rate of chemical flow. Further, the system may be configured to control the robot. Finally, the system may be configured to dispense the chemical using a spraying equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: EARTHSENSE INC.
    Inventors: Josie Lynn Suter, Michael James Hansen, Girish Vinayak Chowdhary, Chinmay Prakash Soman
  • Patent number: 11980117
    Abstract: A method for treating expansive soils includes excavating a hole in a superficial expansive soil layer from an excavation site to form the hole and provide an expansive soil material. Further, the expansive soil material is mixed with an inert material, at least two chemical additives, and a binder to form an additive soil material. The additive soil material is further poured into the hole in the excavation site to form an additive soil layer. The inert material is a sand, the chemical additives are a sulfur and a silica fume, and the binder is a dicyclopentadiene. The sand and the sulfur are present in the additive soil material in an amount from 30 wt. % to 40 wt. % and 12 wt. % to 25 wt. %, respectively, based on a total weight of the additive soil material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University
    Inventor: Tahar Ayadat
  • Patent number: 11980118
    Abstract: To provide a seedsheet manufacturing apparatus that can increase a manufacturing speed and a seedsheet. A seedsheet manufacturing apparatus includes: a paste reservoir configured to store a paste in which a seed and a fluid are mixed; a plate cylinder disposed above the paste reservoir; a doctor blade configured to scrape a portion of the paste adhering to a surface of the plate cylinder; a pressing roller disposed such that the pressing roller faces the plate cylinder and a mounting paper is allowed to pass through a gap formed between the pressing roller and the surface of the plate cylinder; a supply unit configured to feed the mounting paper to the gap; and a recovery unit configured to recover the mounting paper that passes through the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SHUHOU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kouji Muraoka
  • Patent number: 11980119
    Abstract: A method for conveying and dropping seedlings based on a device for conveying and positioning a seedling tray of an automatic transplanter, wherein the device for conveying and positioning the seedling tray of the automatic transplanter includes a platform for conveying the seedling tray, a first sensor, a second sensor, a plurality of push rods, and a control system. The platform is configured for conveying the seedling tray to be below seedling picking claws. The push rods are evenly distributed on the platform. The seedling tray is placed between adjacent two of the push rods. The first sensor is mounted close to the seedling picking claws and configured for identifying the seedling tray. The second sensor is mounted on a rack of the platform for conveying the seedling tray and configured for identifying the push rods. The control system controls the platform for conveying the seedling tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianping Hu, Mengjiao Yao, Shulin Liu, Jinhao Zhou, Chensheng Ren, Menglei Wei, Tengfei Zhang, Jiawei Shi
  • Patent number: 11980120
    Abstract: An agricultural product storage compartment assembly includes a first storage compartment configured to couple to a frame. The first storage compartment is configured to provide a first agricultural product to a first metering assembly. The agricultural product storage compartment assembly also includes a supplemental storage compartment configured to couple to the frame independently of the first storage compartment. In addition, the agricultural product storage compartment assembly includes a first flexible link configured to facilitate flow of the first agricultural product from the supplemental storage compartment to the first storage compartment. Furthermore, the agricultural product storage compartment assembly includes a first valve configured to selectively block flow of a second agricultural product from the supplemental storage compartment to the first storage compartment while the first valve is closed. The agricultural product storage compartment assembly also includes a weight monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventor: Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk
  • Patent number: 11980121
    Abstract: Pneumatic meters for the singularization and metering of seeds. Such pneumatic meters may include a rotating disk with a plurality of holes arranged radially. The plurality of holes may define a circular seed path passage when the rotating disk rotates. The pneumatic meters may include a seed container structure associated with the rotating disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: DO AMARAL ASSY, JOSE ROBERTO
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Patent number: 11980122
    Abstract: A near-plug monitoring system includes particle flow rate sensors coupled to or downstream of a distribution header, wherein the distribution header is coupled to a primary distribution line and a plurality of secondary distribution lines, the distribution header is configured to receive a flow of a granular product from the primary distribution line and to divert the flow of the granular product among the secondary distribution lines. The system includes a controller configured to receive feedback from the particle flow rate sensors, to determine a real-time flow rate of the granular product in the secondary distribution lines, to determine if a near-plug condition is occurring in at least one secondary distribution line based on the real-time flow rate, and to automatically provide a control signal to alter one or more operating parameters of the pneumatic conveyance system when the near-plug condition is occurring to resolve the near-plug condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventor: Dennis George Thompson
  • Patent number: 11980123
    Abstract: A trailing arm assembly includes a frame bracket, a first frame, a parallel linkage, an adjustable biasing member, and a second frame. The frame bracket can include a first connection portion and a second connection portion. The parallel linkage pivotably connects the frame bracket and the first frame via a first pivot and a second pivot on the second connection portion of the frame bracket and a third pivot and a fourth pivot on the first frame. The adjustable biasing member pivotably connects to the frame bracket at a first end and pivotably connected to the parallel linkage at a second end, wherein the adjustable biasing member is configured to provide a downward force on the first frame. The second frame is connected to the first frame via a second parallel linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SCHAFFERT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Paul E. Schaffert, Kris Schaffert, Matthew Hornung
  • Patent number: 11980124
    Abstract: A self-propelled robotic lawnmower may include a lawnmower body, a body part movably arranged in relation to the lawnmower body, and an elongated sensor element extending in an interface between the lawnmower body and the body part. The elongated sensor element may be configured to generate a signal when a portion of the elongated sensor element is subjected to a change in thickness in a direction perpendicular to a direction of elongation of the elongated sensor element by a relative movement between the body part and the lawnmower body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Stefan Stark, Svante Larsson, Staffan Palm
  • Patent number: 11980125
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for detecting an amount of steering articulation of a steering system are disclosed. The systems and apparatuses may be applied to steering systems of agricultural header transport systems. The systems and apparatuses may include a first component moveable with a first steering component and a second component that is movable with a second steering component. The first component and the second component may interact to generate a notification that a selected amount of steering articulation has occurred or is about to occur. The notification may be provided to an operator, such as in the form of a visual, audible, or haptic output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael L. Vandeven, Duane M. Bomleny, Jixin Chen, Adam J. Beals, Nicholis R. Fitzpatrick, Paul J. McCredie, Daniel S. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11980126
    Abstract: An agricultural apparatus including an agricultural vehicle and a number of work units suitable for cutting standing crop, including a front work unit and two lateral work units located behind and to the sides of the front work unit, each of the work units deposit cut crop as a swath. Each of the lateral work units include a conveyor to deposit cut crop. A plurality of sensors determine the speed of the agricultural apparatus and the speed of operation of each of the conveyors. A control unit receives inputs from the sensors, compares the inputs to a predetermined set of values for a desired vehicle speed and a speed of operation of the conveyors, and as indicated by the comparison, adjusts the speed of operation of at least one conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Fillep, Ronnie Kinast
  • Patent number: 11980127
    Abstract: A chopper drum assembly for a forage harvester including a chopper drum housing, a shear bar, a shear bar holder and a wear plate assembly. The chopper drum housing includes a first part and a wear plate assembly support surface. The shear bar holder is pivotally connected at a first end to the first part of the chopper drum housing and fixedly connected to the shear bar at a second end. A first end of the wear plate assembly is pivotally connected to the second end of the shear bar holder adjacent the shear bar, and a second end of the wear plate assembly is supported by the wear plate assembly support surface wherein, the wear plate support surface is arranged to be inclined to the horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Tschirdewahn, Helge Lindenmüller
  • Patent number: 11980128
    Abstract: A weed whacker attaches to the front of a riding lawn mower. The week whacker is attached to the riding lawn mower through a pivoting linkage, and is supported on castors which may be adjustable in height. The weed whacker may thereby traverse uneven terrain which differs from the terrain traversed by the riding lawn mower, continuing to provide an even cut over the terrain. The weed whacker draws its power from the riding lawn mower. The weed whacker may be shifted between the right and left sides of the riding lawn mower. The weed whacker may be controlled by the driver of the riding lawn mower, including unwinding additional cutting wire in response to a control signal from a controller used by the driver of the riding lawn mower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Dennis DeLauter
  • Patent number: 11980129
    Abstract: A device for harvesting asparagus growing from a asparagus field that includes a frame displaceable over the asparagus field by a drive means in which frame is at least provided with cutting means for cutting the asparagus to be harvested close to the surface of the field, and stabilizing means for stabilizing the asparagus relative to the cutting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: A.I.W.M. CHRISTIAENS HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Angelique Ida Wilma Maria Christiaens, Jozef Petra Maria Christiaens, Martijn Theodorus Marie Smedts, Theodor Lambert Gerardus Aarts
  • Patent number: 11980130
    Abstract: Methods and systems for operating a detasseler machine to optimize detasseling efficiency. Front-facing image data is captured by a camera positioned with a field of view in front of the detasseler machine as the detasseler machine operates in a crop field. A new set of machine operating parameters for the detasseler machine is periodically determined based on the a set of crop parameters indicated by the front-facing image data and control signals are transmitted to one or more actuators to operate the detasseler machine according to the determined set of machine operating parameters. In some implementations, rear-facing image data used to quantify missed tassels left by the detasseler machine and the machine operating parameters are further adjusted to reduce the missed tassel metric. The mechanism for determining the set of machine operating parameters is then retrained based on the adjusted machine operating parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert E. Lorentzen, Michael M. Miller, Kent A. Klemme
  • Patent number: 11980131
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a skid plate comprising an upper surface and an opposing ground engaging surface, the ground engaging surface comprising one or more optical windows flush or extending beyond a plane of the ground engaging surface, each of the optical windows comprising an optically transparent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin J. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 11980132
    Abstract: A mower's control system can maintain horizon maps that associate horizon features with known relative positions. When a mower's orientation is unknown, the control system can obtain an image that captures the horizon from the mower's current viewpoint. The control system can process the image to detect any horizon features that appear within the image and to determine their positions within the image. The control system can then access a horizon map to identify matching horizon features. The control system can compare the known relative positions of any matching horizon features with the positions of the horizon features within the image to thereby determine the mower's current orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: FireFly Automatix, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Decker, Walter E. Gunter, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11980133
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a ground inclination stereo profiling apparatus and method for a mechanical weeding component, and relates to the field of green agriculture. The ground inclination stereo profiling apparatus for the mechanical weeding component includes a rack assembly, an operation depth and inclination intelligent perception and feedback system, a hydraulic depth adjusting system and a control assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NANJING HONGMAO AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: ShanShan Yu, Shan Shan Wang