US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Sept. 8 for "Row unit suspension system and method" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,528, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Row unit suspension system and method" was invented by Elijah B. Garner (Bettendorf, Iowa), Randall A. Maro (Davenport, Iowa) and Gaurav Chakraborty (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A planter for use in an agricultural operation includes a toolbar supported above an underlying surface and a row unit. The planter includes a linkage assembly pivotably coupled to and positioned between the row unit and the toolbar. The linkage assembly includes an upper arm including a forward end pivotably coupled to the toolbar and a rearward end pivotably coupled to the r...