ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,344, issued on May 12, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Frame adjustment control system and method for downforce" was invented by Randall A. Maro (Davenport, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural machine includes a main frame, a rotate frame, and a row unit. A control method for the machine includes: selecting at least one of: (i) a desired position-based relationship between a portion of the rotate frame and the row unit, and (ii) a desired downforce of the row unit; determining at least one of: (i) an actual position-based relationship defined between the rearward portion of the rotate frame and the row uni...