US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Sept. 22 for "Seed conveyor" (North Dakota, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,503, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Seed conveyor" was invented by Gurmukh H. Advani (West Fargo, N.D.), Noel W. Anderson (Fargo, N.D.) and Blake Hedrick (Champaign, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are tank assemblies, and particularly tank assemblies including conveyors for the transfer of granular materials, such as seeds. Such conveyors can include a conduit through which the granular material is moved, and a rotatable auger configured to move the seeds through the conduit. Also disclosed herein are control systems and methods for the operation of the tank assemblies and part...