Patents Issued in August 22, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240276899
    Abstract: A tilling implement includes a frame, a row of disc blades coupled to the frame, and a soil finisher coupled to the frame. The soil finisher includes multiple chopper blades, each chopper blade of the multiple chopper blades includes multiple fins that extend radially from a hub, a first set of the multiple fins bend in a first direction relative to the hub, and a second set of the multiple fins bend in a second direction relative to the hub to facilitate tossing soil as the tilling implement travels through a field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Michael George Kovach
  • Publication number: 20240276900
    Abstract: An aerator implements a drive system with an outboard transmission(s) in which the transmission(s) is arranged outwardly of a frame rail(s) of the aerator's chassis to deliver power to both a drive wheel(s) and a driven set of tines of a tine assembly. The tine assembly may include at least one non-driven or freewheeling set of tines between outer sets of driven tines. An adjustable depth control system allows for selecting a tine depth that can achieved through a single button push that lowers the tine assembly to the selected depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: James Hall, Craig Antonioni
  • Publication number: 20240276901
    Abstract: A positioning control unit performs positioning of a position of a work machine. A vehicle control device causes the work machine to execute autonomous steering on the basis of position information indicating the position of the work machine, for which the positioning is performed. A restriction processing unit permits predetermined processing related to the autonomous steering when positional accuracy of the positioning is within an allowable range. A setting processing unit sets the allowable range on the basis of a user operation or work information in the work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Saito, Seungkyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20240276902
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi-device treatment of an agricultural field. Proposed is a computer-implemented method for treating an agricultural field (10). The method comprises the step of analyzing field data (S120), monitored as a first treatment device (100) traverses the field (SI 10), to determine whether the field (10) at a certain field location (10a) has a field condition which is treatable with a first device configuration of the first treatment device (100). If it is determined that the field at the certain field location associated with the respective field condition is treatable with the first device configuration of the first treatment device (100), the first treatment device (100) is controlled (S130) to treat the field at the certain field location (10a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Maik ZIES, Holger HOFFMANN, Daniel EBERSOLD
  • Publication number: 20240276903
    Abstract: A header for a crop harvesting machine includes front and rear wheel arrangements that pivot about respective upright axis between a field orientation and a perpendicular transport orientation, while having respective suspensions arrangements movable between different suspended heights. A biasing spring provides lift assist to carry weight of the wheel arrangement during adjustment of the suspension elevation while being isolated from the suspension once set at any one elevation. The front wheel arrangement includes an anti-rotation latch that locks the front wheel in the field orientation automatically upon disconnection of a hitch arm. A second wheel of the rear wheel arrangement can be held in a raised position relative to a first wheel in a field orientation. Load bearing surfaces between the suspended rear wheels and the header frame abut one another when latching to the header frame to isolate the suspension from the header frame in the transport orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Russell George Lyons, Glen Frank Beamish
  • Publication number: 20240276904
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Dale Koch, Jason Stoller, Todd Swanson, Michael Strnad, Matthew Morgan, Ian Radtke, Timothy Kater, Jeremy Hodel
  • Publication number: 20240276905
    Abstract: A method for placing seeds inside a growth substrate by a seed insertion device including the steps of: arranging the seed insertion device in contact with the growth substrate such that a tip of the seed insertion device penetrates through an outer surface of the growth substrate; creating a growth pocket inside the growth substrate with the seed insertion device; supplying seeds to the growth pocket of the growth substrate via the seed insertion device; removing the seed insertion device from contact with the growth substrate; and closing the growth pocket by elastic force of the growth substrate for forming a closed growth pocket such that the seeds remain in the closed growth pocket inside the growth substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Mattias LEPP, Indrek KURG
  • Publication number: 20240276906
    Abstract: An acoustic or vibration sensor is disposed relative to a portion of an agricultural machine. A sensor signal generated by the acoustic or vibration sensor is provided to a signal processor that identifies acoustic signatures or vibration patterns to determine a machine operation characteristic responsive to the agricultural machine performing an operation. The machine operation characteristic can be a characteristic of the agricultural machine, the soil, and/or furrow opened by the agricultural machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Gerald Eric RAINS, Scott C. McCartney, Cary S. HUBNER, Houstin Lee Lichtenwalner, JR., Bran Ferren
  • Publication number: 20240276907
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process. In an embodiment, the process includes providing a stable aqueous suspension composed of from 30% (w/w) to 60% (w/w) suspended particles of potassium pentaborate, and spraying the suspension on a plant at a rate from 0.20 lbs/acre to 0.70 lbs/acre.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Cleiton De Sequeira, Flavio Barcelos Cardoso, Wendall Boehje
  • Publication number: 20240276908
    Abstract: A mowing machine, including: a memory; a processor coupled to the memory; and a mowing machine main body including a drive motor configured to drive a movement mechanism and a cutting blade motor configured to drive a cutting blade configured to cut grass, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire information related to a state of grass growth in a mowing target region, predict a load that will be applied to the cutting blade motor at a time of cutting the grass based on the acquired information related to the state of grass growth, set a travel path based on the predicted load, and control driving of the drive motor such that the mowing machine main body travels along the set travel path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinsuke SATO
  • Publication number: 20240276909
    Abstract: An automatic lawn mower including: a frame body; a movement module; a cutting module; a controller; a plurality of sensors, configured to detect an obstacle in an environment, where the plurality of sensors include: a plurality of first sensors, where the first sensors are arranged around the frame body in a manner in which a detection direction thereof is inclined upward by a first preset angle relative to a horizontal reference plane; and a second sensor, arranged in a manner in which a detection direction thereof is toward a front end of the frame body and is inclined downward by a second preset angle relative to the horizontal reference plane, where poses of first sensors and second sensor are combined, so that a sum of detection ranges of the plurality of sensors covers all angles in a direction parallel to the horizontal reference plane, thereby avoiding the obstacles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Zhiguo Ren, Jiang Du, Bincai Lan, Xiahong Zha, Xinghong Li, Dong Yin, Chunpeng Xu, Xiaochu Sheng
  • Publication number: 20240276910
    Abstract: A method and system for fostering controlled growth of a turfgrass in a target area, includes: providing an autobot capable of automatically applying a UVC light treatment to the target grass area, wherein the target grass area comprises C4 turfgrass. The method and system includes coupling a UVC light subsystem to the autobot such that the UVC light subsystem is suspended above the C4 turfgrass within the target grass within a first predetermined range. Next, UVC light is generated by the UVC light subsystem with a wavelength within a second predetermined range. Subsequently, the UVC light is emitted from the UVC light subsystem to the C4 turfgrass at an intensity within a third predetermined range. And the UVC light is moved across the C4 turfgrass within the target grass area using the autobot at night at a speed within a fourth predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: SS Turf Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: BENJAMIN COPELAND, JR., NICHOLAS SAGNELLA
  • Publication number: 20240276911
    Abstract: A lawn trimmer (100) comprising: a powered cutting tool (112) comprising a motor operably coupled to a rotatable cutter holder (120), the rotatable cutter holder (120) being operably coupled to a cutting piece (122). The rotatable cutter holder (120) has a forward side and first and second lateral sides. A guard (116) is configured to extend substantially from the first lateral side to the second lateral side around the front side of the rotatable cutter holder (120). The guard (116) is configured to provide space for the cutting piece (122) to rotate freely within the guard (116) and is an apertured barrier that provides a protective buffer between the cutting piece (122) and a ground surface, thereby preventing engagement of the rotatable cutter holder (120) with the ground surface when the powered cutting tool (112) is translated over the ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: SandCo StriMower Limited
    Inventor: Samuel COOGAN
  • Publication number: 20240276912
    Abstract: A vertical motion battery latching mechanism for a power equipment having a removable battery can include a central lever, a latch button and a vertically pushed button. The central lever can be configured to rotate about an axis. The latch button can be vertically movable by rotation of the central lever and configured to selectively secure and release the battery with respect to the power equipment. The latch button can be biased toward securing the battery onto the power equipment. The vertically pushed button can rotate about a second axis different from the first axis and be configured to contact the central lever to rotate the central lever about the first axis and release the battery from the power equipment by moving the latch button vertically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Shivang DESAI, Christopher Todd WALKER, Surender KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20240276913
    Abstract: A lawn mower includes: a cutting blade motor that drives a cutting blade; a mode selector that selects one of modes including a normal lawn mowing mode and a grass removal mode in which grass accumulated at the cutting blade is brushed away; and processing circuitry configured to control the cutting blade motor in the mode selected by the mode selector. In the normal lawn mowing mode, the cutting blade motor is controlled so as to rotate in a normal rotation direction at a predetermined rotational frequency or with a predetermined torque. In the grass removal mode, the cutting blade motor is controlled such that the rotational frequency or torque of the cutting blade motor changes more significantly than the rotational frequency or torque of the cutting blade motor in the normal lawn mowing mode, or the cutting blade motor rotates in a reverse rotation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Yoshimoto MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20240276914
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a stereo vision system of an agricultural vehicle comprising: receiving a communication signal relating to a parameter of the agricultural vehicle; acquiring, based on the state signal, an operational image of an agricultural operation of the agricultural vehicle; generating a disparity image from the operational image; determining a disparity of the disparity image; and displaying a disparity indicator relating to the disparity of the disparity image to an operator of the agricultural vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: MAHESH S. BOTHE, Sagar V. Jadhav
  • Publication number: 20240276915
    Abstract: Combine harvesters are provided for use in harvesting seed corn from corn plants in fields. In connection therewith, a method for producing such seed corn from the corn plants, for use in growing subsequent corn plants, includes measuring a moisture content of corn kernels on ears of the corn plants in the field and removing, by one of the combine harvesters, the ears of corn from the corn plants when the moisture content satisfies a threshold moisture content. The method then includes separating the corn kernels from cobs of the ears of corn onboard the combine harvester and collecting the separated corn kernels for use as seed corn, whereby one or more subsequent corn plants can be grown from the collected corn kernels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Jarrett Ryan CEGLINSKI, Jack Glenn FOMBELLE, David Everett JOHNSON, Jason W. KNOCHE, Adam Harold LEEK, Kevin M. MCALISTER, Kirk Murlin REMUND, Steven John SWANTON, Dustin Mitchell THEIS
  • Publication number: 20240276916
    Abstract: A vegetation management machine for clearing the ground along a fence or a row has a connecting device, which is configured to connect a vehicle to move the machine forward along a given path and which has a coupling to mechanically connect the connecting device to the vehicle; a support structure selectively connectable to a mulcher; and an articulated arm extending from the support structure to support a mechanical weeding device independently of the mulcher and to allow the mechanical weeding device to be moved between a position wherein it falls within the mulcher bulk and a position wherein it protrudes from the mulcher in relation to the forward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Claudio RAPALINO, Marco PONZO, Marco CHIALE, Simone BARBERO
  • Publication number: 20240276917
    Abstract: A drive system for a forage harvester is disclosed. In a forage harvester having a prime mover (10), a chopper drum (4) driven from the prime mover (10) via a drive train, and feed rolls (34,36), the drive system comprises a clutch (24) operable between an engaged condition connecting the chopper drum (4) to the prime mover (10) and a disengaged position in which the chopper drum (4) is disconnected from the prime mover, a first hydraulic variable displacement pump (16) connected with the chopper drum (4) which pumps fluid around a first hydraulic circuit connected to a first motor (46), a second hydraulic variable displacement pump (14) which pumps fluid around a second hydraulic circuit to a feed roll motor (38) connected with the feed rolls (34,36) of the forage harvester. The drive system further comprises a single charge pump (30) hydraulically connected to both the first hydraulic variable displacement pump (16) and the second hydraulic variable displacement pump (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Andreas Brockmann
  • Publication number: 20240276918
    Abstract: Described is a processing machine for processing relatively short fibre plants such as flax and relatively long fibre plants such as hemp. The processing machine comprises a self-propelling vehicle comprising a vehicle chassis provided with a first conveyor for transporting at least parts of the fibre plants from a first end to an opposite second end, and a second conveyor for transporting at least parts of the fibre plants from the first end to the second end, first and second delivering units provided at or close to the second end for the purpose of delivering and placing on the ground surface the fibre plants coming from respectively the first and second conveyor, and wherein the vehicle chassis comprises first mounting means for mounting of, as desired, either a first exchangeable picking unit or a second exchangeable picking unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Niels BAERT
  • Publication number: 20240276919
    Abstract: A harvesting device for harvesting horticultural produce includes a guiding member, which defines a plant passage being configured to surround the plant stem at least partially in the plant passage during use, and a cutting member, which is attached to the guiding member and which is configured to cut peduncles of the produce to separate them from the stems. The plant stems are configured to be guided inside the guiding member upon relative movements of the harvesting device along the plant stem along a longitudinal axis and the cutting member is configured to cut the peduncles that pass the guiding member during movement of the harvesting device. The harvesting device further includes a storage member, which surrounds the guiding member at least partially and which is configured to collect the produce that is separated from the plant stems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Ruud Barth, Bart Adrianus Johannes van Tuijl
  • Publication number: 20240276920
    Abstract: A user platform includes an input to receive one or more inputs from a user, a display, and a processor operatively connected to the input and the display. The processor is configured or programmed to control the display to display a suggested cut-point for an agricultural item, and the processor is configured or programmed to confirm that the suggested cut-point is appropriately located, delete the suggested cut-point, or revise the suggested cut-point based on one or more inputs received by the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Pius NG, Kotaro SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20240276921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a collecting apparatus for round bales. The collecting apparatus has a frame device and a conveying device, which is designed to convey a plurality of round bales relative to the frame device in a conveying direction. The conveying device comprises at least two traction members, which are spaced apart from one another transversely to the conveying direction and are designed to rotate about a front deflection axis and a rear deflection axis and have a conveying run and a return run. The conveying device also comprises at least two conveying elements, which are arranged offset to one another in the conveying direction, extend longitudinally between the conveying runs of the traction members transversely to the conveying direction, are attached to the traction members, and in each case have a conveying section arranged centrally between the traction members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Nils BRUHN, Christian OSTHUES, Dirk BLOME, André BERGHAUS, Michael KREYENHAGEN
  • Publication number: 20240276922
    Abstract: Weed seeds are destroyed in the chaff from a combine harvester by repeated high speed impacts caused by a rotor which accelerates the discarded seeds in a direction centrifugally away from the rotor onto a stator including angularly adjustable stator surfaces around the axis. Thus the discarded seeds rebound back and forth between the rotor and the stator to provide a plurality of impacts. The destructor is mounted on or coaxially with a suitable drive shaft in the straw stream such as the chopper rotor shaft. The rotor is mounted on bearings relative to the chopper rotor drive shaft and is coupled thereto by a releasable coupling between plates radial to the shaft so that the rotor can be stopped while the chopper rotor continues to operate in the event of a fault in the weed seed destructor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Dean Mayerle
  • Publication number: 20240276923
    Abstract: Described herein are examples of apparatuses which include a base, an interchangeable component, and a mounting component. The base may be configured to securely support an interchangeable component when coupled to the base. The interchangeable component may include a magnet, a first surface comprising a decorative element and a second surface configured to be magnetically coupled to the base via the magnet. The mounting component may be removably coupleable from the second surface of the interchangeable component. The mounting component may be configured to securely attach the base to a first supporting surface and enable the base to rest or be positioned on a second supporting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Skyed Innovations Limited
    Inventor: Sophia Syed
  • Publication number: 20240276924
    Abstract: A plant pot support assembly comprises a saucer and a grate. The saucer, in turn, comprises a flat bottom and a peripheral wall at an elevation such that a cavity is formed. The grate is configured to be placed over the peripheral wall to enable the grate to support a plant pot, wherein water or dirt from the plant pot is accumulated in the cavity below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Adam Joseph Gaczewski
  • Publication number: 20240276925
    Abstract: In some embodiments, there may be provided a luminescent material or a persistent luminescent (PersL) material that is used to redistribute sunlight. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Larissa Kunz, Arunava Majumdar, Matteo Cargnello, Jose R. Dinneny, Arthur Grossman
  • Publication number: 20240276926
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a planting box. The planting box includes a support frame body including an accommodating cavity, a top cover disposed over an end of the support frame body, a fill light disposed on a side of the top cover facing the support frame body, and a bottom cover disposed on another end of the support frame body. The support frame body including the accommodating cavity, the top cover provided with a suction fan, the fill light, and the bottom cover provided by the planting box ensures an air circulation within the planting box and a lighting requirement for plant growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: SINOWELL (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jia LUO, Yunfei DUAN, Junrong YI, Liang ZHOU, Xi WANG
  • Publication number: 20240276927
    Abstract: Data including current locations of candidate clouds to be seeded is obtained; based on same, a vehicle is caused to move proximate at least one of the candidate clouds to be seeded. Weather and cloud system data are obtained from a sensor suite associated with the vehicle, while the vehicle and sensor suite are proximate the at least one of the candidate clouds to be seeded. Vehicle position parameters are obtained from the sensor suite associated with the vehicle. Based on the weather and cloud system data and the vehicle position parameters, it is determined, via a machine learning process, which of the candidate clouds should be seeded, and, within those of the candidate clouds which should be seeded, where to disperse an appropriate seeding material. The vehicle is controlled to carry out the seeding on the candidate clouds to be seeded, in accordance with the determining step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Peter DeFelice, Duncan Axisa
  • Publication number: 20240276928
    Abstract: A trellis has a plurality of annular frames, which each include a front surface with a plurality of posts, and a rear surface with a plurality of receiving recesses. The annular frames may be joined together by interlocking some of the plurality of posts with receiving recesses of adjacent annular frames. The trellis further includes a base structure for supporting the plurality of annular frames above the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Brett Littlejohn-Mifsud
  • Publication number: 20240276929
    Abstract: Process for growing mycelium sheets. First, a substrate mixture is prepared in a mixer. Then the substrate mixture is applied as substrate layers on shelves of a rack in a cultivation room. The cultivation room is then closed and subsequently the substrate is pasteurized by injecting a pasteurizing medium, such as steam, into the closed cultivation room. In a next step, the substrate mixture is cooled and subsequently inoculated. During a growing step mycelium is allowed to grow on the inoculated substrate mixture. In a next harvesting step, the mycelium is separated from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Gijsbertus Martinus Rademakers
  • Publication number: 20240276930
    Abstract: Emitter outlets are disclosed which include a bath within which fluid collects until dripping out an outlet formed in the drip line, the bath including a floor having a floor thickness, the floor thickness comprising a first thickness of a bottom wall of the outlet and a second thickness of a rib that projects axially from an outer surface of the bottom wall of the outlet. The rib reinforces the floor so that water pressure in the drip line does not deflect the floor and result in an inconsistent drip pattern. The emitter outlets may also include a first portion upstream of the bath having a plurality of turns for reducing a velocity of fluid traveling through the outlet and may be made of an elastomeric material. In addition, emitters, drip lines and various methods relating to such an emitter outlet configuration are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Murphy Ensworth
  • Publication number: 20240276931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular plant growing system. The system includes growing modules for growing plants. Each growing module includes fastening means to facilitate releasable fastening with an adjacent growing module. Advantageously, the fastened modules can be fastened together, and later released for cleaning and maintenance using the fastening means, without the need for tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Air Garden Smarts PTY Ltd.
    Inventors: Amelia Prue Bauer, William Thomas Bauer
  • Publication number: 20240276932
    Abstract: Improved molecular breeding methods include a method in which an association data set is developed by associating the phenotypes of a broad population of individuals with the individual genotypes. The association data set is used in conjunction with a growth model in order to select breeding pairs likely to generate offspring with one or more desirable traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: MARK COOPER, CARLOS MESSINA, FRANK TECHNOW, LIVIU RADU TOTIR
  • Publication number: 20240276933
    Abstract: The application of the aqueous emulsion containing higher fatty alcohol of the present disclosure on rice and wheat can significantly affect the transcription levels of genes related to the phenylpropanoid metabolic pathways in rice and wheat, thereby increasing the lignin content of rice and wheat, and increasing the lodging resistance of rice and wheat. In practical agricultural production, the application of the aqueous emulsion containing higher fatty alcohol of the present disclosure can improve the rust resistance, insect resistance, lodging resistance and storage ability of rice and wheat, thereby improving the quality and yield of rice and wheat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaoming Peng, Yunhao Sun, Dianxian Cai, Guohui Yu, Di Qin
  • Publication number: 20240276934
    Abstract: Disclosed are a leaf vein absorption method and a functional modification material for plant. The functional modification material has a covering with a functional material and a protector with a polymeric stabilizing material. The functional material is a unitary, a multivariate, or a high-entropy compound, or a semiconducting or an optoelectronic material. The covering covers a surface of a plant organ, wherein the covering comprises a stomata expansion material to enable the functional material to be absorbed into a plant through stomata. The protector covers a surface of the covering. The functional material is capable of maintaining its functional presence on a surface of the plant until the plant organ undergoes natural apoptosis. Through an absorption technology of leaf veins on the surface of the plant, special functions can be achieved without modifying or implanting plant genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: CHEN-PIAO YEN, SHENG-LUNG TU, JYH-MING TING, YEN-HSUN SU
  • Publication number: 20240276935
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods for improving desired qualities in Cannabis sativa L. Methods include the step of: applying a composition having at least one biostimulant, as an elicitor, to Cannabis sativa L., wherein the at least one biostimulant is at least one material selected from the group consisting of: an exogenous polysaccharide, a peptidoglycan, a peptide, a lipopolysaccharide, a modified lipid, and an enzyme, wherein the at least one biostimulant is derived from at least one source material selected from the group consisting of: plants, bacteria, archaebacteria, fungi, animals, protozoa, algae, and viruses, and wherein the at least one biostimulant is known to be sensed by plant surface-receptors to elicit a plant defense-response. Alternatively, the at least one biostimulant is at least one material selected from the group consisting of: a Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern (PAMP), a Microbial-Associated Molecular Pattern (MAMP), and an Herbivore-Associated Molecular Patterns (HAMP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Onie Tsabari
  • Publication number: 20240276936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plants comprising in their genome a gene that has been inactivated rendering the plant resistant to Pepino mosaic virus (PepMV) infection. The present invention also refers to the inactivation of the gene required for PepMV infection. The invention encompasses parts of these plants and their progeny that show said gene inactivation and as a consequence an improved phenotype in terms of PepMV infection resistance. Methods for obtaining plants, or plant parts or seeds with resistance to PepMV infection are also part of this invention. The present invention further relates to the gene and sequences linked to it as markers for selecting plants resistant to PepMV infection. Therefore, the present invention belongs to the field of agriculture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Miguel A. ARANDA REGULES, M Pau BRETÓ MONFORT, Fabiola RUIZ RAMÓN, Pascual RODRIGUEZ SEPÚLVEDA, Livia DONAIRE SEGARRA
  • Publication number: 20240276937
    Abstract: Inbred spinaches ‘OS0692’, ‘OS0694’, and ‘OS0699’ are described. The disclosure relates to, e.g., seeds or plants thereof, as well as to methods for producing other spinach lines, cultivars, or hybrids derived from the spinaches ‘OS0692’, ‘OS0694’, and ‘OS0699’.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Jan Ane Dijkstra
  • Publication number: 20240276938
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated BDAX4615, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line BDAX4615 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line BDAX4615, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line BDAX4615, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventor: Brent Delzer
  • Publication number: 20240276939
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated HID3768, IID5385, KFX5360, KID7244, LFF6371, LFF7869, or MIJ7209, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line HID3768, IID5385, KFX5360, KID7244, LFF6371, LFF7869, or MIJ7209 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line HID3768, IID5385, KFX5360, KID7244, LFF6371, LFF7869, or MIJ7209, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line HID3768, IID5385, KFX5360, KID7244, LFF6371, LFF7869, or MIJ7209, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Ford, Azzeddine Douiyssi, William H. Goodwin, Russel Pinnisch, Jason Cromley, Thomas Joseph Prest
  • Publication number: 20240276940
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of crab apple cultivar ‘B17Crab7’, and to methods for producing a crab apple plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves, with another crab apple plant, such as a plant of another genotype, or with vegetatively propagating said plant. Another embodiment further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. Further embodiments relate to parts of such plants, and products produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: University of Guelph
    Inventor: John A. Cline
  • Publication number: 20240276941
    Abstract: The invention provides plants of the Lantana camara cultivar designated ‘Ballanpaf’. The invention thus relates to the plants, cells, plant parts, and tissue cultures of the cultivar ‘Ballanpaf’, and to methods for producing a Lantana camara plant produced by crossing a Lantana camara plant of cultivar ‘Ballanpaf’ with another lantana plant, such as a plant of another cultivar. The invention further relates to Lantana camara seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of cultivar ‘Ballanpaf’ with plants of another cultivar. The invention further relates to the genetic complements and hybrid genetic complements of plants of cultivar ‘Ballanpaf’.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Publication number: 20240276942
    Abstract: A system and method for continuous production of a precipitating food is provided. A piping system comprises at least one pipeline and at least two pigs configured to be moved in the at least one pipeline by a volumetric flow flowing in the at least one pipeline. A medium supply device is configured to provide a first medium and a precipitation medium into the piping system. A controller controls the pig supply and/or the medium supply device so that at least two pigs are provided in the at least one pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Walter Röllin, René Zellweger, Christoph Züger, Benjamin Zwyssig
  • Publication number: 20240276943
    Abstract: A system for warming an animal cage including a warming plate supported or coupled in a plate housing. The warming plate can be spring loaded to ensure the warming plate is in constant contact with a received removable cage. The plate housing can include a docking system for removably supporting the plate housing on a runner system of a caging rack system. The docking system allows the plate housing to be expeditiously removed from the caging rack system for ergonomic cleaning and washing of the plate housing and warming plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: John Coiro, Steve Miller, Isagani Semira
  • Publication number: 20240276944
    Abstract: A system for removing manure from a floor in a barn for animals, such as cows, includes an autonomous manure removing vehicle, which is provided with a drive system. The drive system includes at least one electric drive motor. An electronic control system is connected to the drive system for control thereof. A battery system for storing electrical energy is connected to the drive system and the control system. The system includes a charging station for charging the battery system. The charging station includes a transmitting body with a primary coil. The manure removing vehicle includes a receiving body with a secondary coil. The receiving body is fastened rigidly to the manure removing vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Harm JORNA, Robin Andreas Albertus VAN KESTER, Michiel Adriaan VAN DORP, Dogan ÖZMEN
  • Publication number: 20240276945
    Abstract: A system for removing manure from a floor in a barn for animals, such as cows, includes an autonomous manure removing vehicle which is provided with a drive system. The drive system includes at least one electric drive motor. An electronic control system is connected to the drive system for control thereof. A battery system for storing electrical energy is connected to the drive system and the control system. The system includes a charging station for charging the battery system of the manure removing vehicle. The charging station includes a transmitting body with a primary coil. The manure removing vehicle includes a receiving body with a secondary coil. The receiving body is arranged on a top side of the manure removing vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Harm JORNA, Robin Andreas Albertus VAN KESTER, Dogan ÖZMEN, Michiel Adriaan VAN DORP
  • Publication number: 20240276946
    Abstract: A system for removing manure from a floor in a barn, such as cows, includes an autonomous manure removing vehicle provided with a drive system for driving the manure removing vehicle. The drive system includes at least one electrical drive motor. An electronic control system is connected to the drive system for controlling the latter. A battery system for storing electrical energy is connected to the drive system and the control system. The manure removing vehicle includes a manure bounding device with a manure slider for moving manure over the floor while the manure removing vehicle travels across the floor. The manure bounding device is configured to at least partially bound the manure present on the floor in front of the manure slider. The system includes a charging station for charging the battery system of the manure removing vehicle when the manure removing vehicle is in the charging station in a charging position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Harm JORNA, Robin Andreas Albertus VAN KESTER
  • Publication number: 20240276947
    Abstract: Litter for a system litter box includes granular matters each having a granule diameter equal to or smaller than 6.0 mm. A proportion of the granular matters, having any smaller one of a granule diameter and a granule length of less than 3.2 mm, is equal to or less than 6%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Akino, Hiroki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240276948
    Abstract: Carrier (10) for a small pet, comprising a box body (11, 81) with a door (11.1, 81.1) that can be opened to introduce/remove the animal, comprising: —a base body (11.3) shaped like a rigid basin, made of plastic material, having lateral walls (11.31, 11.32, 11.33, 11.34) and a bottom (11.30); —an inner supporting frame (20), made of plastic material, fixed in said base body (11.3) between said lateral walls (11.31, 11.32, 11.33, 11.34), in a position parallel and at a distance with respect to said bottom (11.30), wherein said inner frame (20) supports plate means (40, 50.3) which form a floor for the transported pet; characterized in that it comprises: —first upper covering means (11.2), connected in a detachable manner with respect to said base body (11.3) and configured as a rigid dome half-shell, made of plastic material, provided to house a pet resting on said floor and having a plurality of lateral walls and a roof, —first detachable connecting means (11.35) of said first upper covering means (11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Vilma PASETTI