ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,505, issued on July 28, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).
"System and method for detecting simultaneous disk plugging on a tillage implement" was invented by Michael R. Cozza (Pittsburgh) and Scott Glovier (McMurray, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting simultaneous disk plugging on a tillage implement includes a plurality of disks supported by the frame of the implement. Additionally, the system includes a plurality of load sensors each being configured to generate data indicative of the draft load being applied to the frame by one or more of the disks. Moreover, the system includes ...