US Patent Issued to 360 Yield Center on July 21 for "Boom height sensor systems, methods and apparatus" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,251, issued on July 21, was assigned to 360 Yield Center LLC (Morton, Ill.).

"Boom height sensor systems, methods and apparatus" was invented by Jonathan T. Welte (Delavan, Ill.), Lucas J. Helton (Tremont, Ill.), Lee Dahlhauser (Heyworth, Ill.) and Timothy Sauder (Morton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid applicator implement includes a boom vertically adjustable with respect to a vehicle. The boom supports a plurality of drop assemblies laterally spaced along the boom in communication with a liquid product source. A height sensor assembly is attached to at least one of the drop assemblies and generates height signals indi...