ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,043, issued on June 30, was assigned to Precision Planting LLC (Tremont, Ill.).
"Downforce load sensor for a planter row unit" was invented by Riley Litwiller (Tremont, Ill.) and William Frank (Manito, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downforce load sensor for a planter row unit includes a load sensing connector rod coupled with a depth selector of the planter row unit. The load sensing connector rod is disposed to receive a load applied by a stop member supported on the row unit frame, the stop member being in abutment with an abutment member of a gauge wheel arm of a furrow opening assembly of the planter row unit. The load se...