US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Aug. 25 for "System and method for monitoring plugging of basket assemblies of an agricultural implement" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,713,999, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"System and method for monitoring plugging of basket assemblies of an agricultural implement" was invented by Scott Glovier (Lombard, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural implement includes a basket assembly configured to roll relative to a surface of a field as the agricultural implement travels across the field. The basket assembly, in turn, includes a plurality of bars spaced circumferentially about an outer perimeter of the basket assembly. Furthermore, the agricultural implement includes an ultrasonic sensor configured to emit u...