US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Nov. 3 for "Automatic unloading system shutoff for an unloading operation" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,008, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Automatic unloading system shutoff for an unloading operation" was invented by Kellen E. O'Connor (Clive, Iowa), Jeremy J. Faust (Grimes, Iowa), Sara C. O'Connor (Clive, Iowa) and Ryan R. White (Polk City, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leading vehicle loads material into a receiving vehicle during an unloading operation. An unloading control system detects and processes stop conditions to automatically stop a material conveyance mechanism when a stop condition arises."

The patent was filed on Sept. 21, 2023, under Application No. 18/471,701.

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