US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on March 31 for "Ground following optimization with position control systems and methods" (Illinois, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,577, issued on March 31, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Ground following optimization with position control systems and methods" was invented by Grant J. Wonderlich (Milan, Ill.), Colter W. Kinney (Lohrville, Iowa), Bradley A. Wackerle (Delmar, Iowa), Nathan A. Mariman (Davenport, Iowa), James R. Peterson (Annawan, Ill.), Randall A. Maro (Davenport, Iowa) and Kenneth E. Herrmann (Port Byron, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural machine includes a main frame, an adjustable frame coupled to the main frame and, a row unit which includes a linking arm coupled to the adjustable frame, and an actuator coupled ...