US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on July 21 for "System and method for detecting tripping and/or floating events of ground-engaging shanks on an agricultural implement" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,239, issued on July 21, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"System and method for detecting tripping and/or floating events of ground-engaging shanks on an agricultural implement" was invented by Christopher Barrick (Morton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural implement includes a shank assembly having a ground-engaging shank. Furthermore, the shank assembly includes a biasing element coupled to a frame of the agricultural implement via a first pivot joint and coupled to the ground-engaging shank via a second pivot joint. Additionally, the agricultural implement includes a load sensor(s) co...