US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on June 9 for "Systems and methods for monitoring the status of shank assemblies of agricultural implements" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,505, issued on June 9, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Systems and methods for monitoring the status of shank assemblies of agricultural implements" was invented by Michael R. Cozza (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a system for monitoring the status of shank assembly of agricultural implements includes a shank assembly configured to supported relative to an agricultural implement, the shank assembly including a shank. The system also includes a surface profile sensor configured generate data indicative of a surface profile of an aft portion of the field located rearward of the s...