US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on March 17 for "Automatic volume-based frame weight distribution system and method" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,476, issued on March 17, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Automatic volume-based frame weight distribution system and method" was invented by Gerald E. Rains (Eldridge, Iowa), Bin Shi (Johnston, Iowa), Kevin P. Cowles (Ankeny, Iowa), Jason D. Walter (Bettendorf, Iowa), Shawn A. Kenny (Ames, Iowa) and Olaf J. Peterson (Waukee, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural machine may include a first plurality of sensors configured to measure characteristics of product stored on the machine for use during the machine's operation. The machine may also include a second plurality of sensors configured to measure charact...