US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on March 24 for "Deck plate automatic adjustment system and method" (Illinois, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,036, issued on March 24, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Deck plate automatic adjustment system and method" was invented by Duane M. Bomleny (Geneseo, Ill.) and Thomas J. Spielman (Davenport, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A row unit of a corn header includes a first deck plate, a second deck plate, and a gap between the first and second deck plates. A position of one or both of the deck plates may be adjusted by a linkage assembly including at least one arm pivotably coupled, at a first end, to one or both of the deck plates and, at a second end, to an actuator. The actuator may be controlled by a controller to mo...