ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,996, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Product distribution device with section control monitoring" was invented by Matthew David Arnold (Moline, Ill.), William Douglas Graham (East Moline, Ill.) and Michael Eugene Frasier (Iowa City, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A product distribution device includes a container for holding a product to be distributed, a meter assembly for controlling discharge of product from the container, and a flow control system. The flow control system includes a control member that is movable between an open position and a closed position. A position sensor directly sens...