US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on Sept. 9 for "Ground compaction sensing system and method for a work machine" (Iowa, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,574, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Ground compaction sensing system and method for a work machine" was invented by Hunter Jancek (Dubuque, Iowa), Randy J. Schamberger (Hazel Green, Wis.) and Craig A. Christofferson (Dubuque, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ground compaction sensing system for a work machine includes a chassis, a ground-engaging mechanism coupled to the chassis, and an attachment movably coupled to the chassis. Multiple sensors are configured to generate a chassis angle signal, an attachment angle signal, an attachment spacing signal, and a location signal. The controller h...