US Patent Issued to Ag Leader Technology on Oct. 20 for "Controlled air pulse metering apparatus for an agricultural planter and related systems and methods" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,444, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Ag Leader Technology (Ames, Iowa).

"Controlled air pulse metering apparatus for an agricultural planter and related systems and methods" was invented by Douglas Gilbert (Ames, Iowa), Jeff Westbrook (Ames, Iowa) and Alex Hartogh (Huxley, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Seed meters implementing air pressure to dispense seed into the ground in a controlled manner. In certain embodiments, a valve is actuated to push a single seed out of a seed chamber. The seed can be conveyed from the metering housing and through a seed delivery apparatus to the furrow at high speed. The seed is rapidly convey...