US Patent Issued to Great Plains Manufacturing on Aug. 4 for "Tillage implement with vision sensors" (Missouri, Kansas, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,829, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Great Plains Manufacturing Inc. (Salina, Kan.).

"Tillage implement with vision sensors" was invented by Gregory W. Arnett (Garden City, Mo.), James Edward Schott (McPherson, Kan.), Paul Harold Haggard (Iowa City, Iowa), Matthew D. Goodon (Salina, Kan.) and Michael Ohnsat (Tipton, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a tillage implement broadly includes front and rear sensors, a leveling assembly, and a controller. The front sensor is positioned on a front of a central section, wherein the front sensor is configured to obtain height information indicative of a height of the fro...