US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on July 14 for "Laser receiver height adjustment" (Iowa, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,266, issued on July 14, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Laser receiver height adjustment" was invented by Anthony K. Kraft (Epworth, Iowa) and Caitlin S. Gorge (Platteville, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided for determining a difference in height of a dozer blade relative to a vehicle frame between a reference position wherein the dozer blade engages the ground and a calibration position wherein the at least one sensor is at a desired height relative to a laser signal plane using a laser receiver automatic find mode."

The patent was filed on Aug. 2, 2023, under Application No. 18/364,1...