US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on June 9 for "Position-based initiation of auto unloading operation" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,701, issued on June 9, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Position-based initiation of auto unloading operation" was invented by Riley J. Wegmann (Urbana, Iowa) and William J. Vande Haar (Janesville, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system on a material transfer vehicle includes a path planning system that plans a path from the material transfer vehicle to a container, and a navigation system that navigates the material transfer vehicle along the navigation path. An auto unloading system automatically controls the material transfer vehicle as it approaches the container, positions itself closely proximate the co...