ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,643, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Precision Planting LLC (Tremont, Ill.).
"Metering bank for an air cart" was invented by Chad E. Plattner (Tremont, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metering bank for an air cart. The metering bank includes metering bank frame and a plurality of meter modules disposed laterally adjacent to one another in the metering bank frame. Each of the plurality of meter modules is independently removable from the metering bank in a direction generally parallel with the forward direction of travel of the air cart. Each of the plurality of meter module includes a metering mechanism."
The patent was fil...