ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,167, issued on June 16, was assigned to Precision Planting (Tremont, Ill.).
"Air cart with modular metering system" was invented by Chad E. Plattner (Tremont, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air cart having a modular metering system. The modular metering system includes a plurality of meter modules disposed laterally adjacent to one another in a metering bank. Each of the meter modules is independently removable from the metering bank. Each meter module includes a metering mechanism rotatable about a longitudinal axis disposed generally parallel with a forward direction of travel of the air cart. The metering mechanism is in c...