Seed characteristic sensor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9807923
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14460680

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Seed meters, agricultural planters, and methods of planting seed may include a housing defining a chamber, a seed disc rotatably coupled to the housing and at least partially positioned within the chamber with the seed disc adapted to engage a seed, and a sensor for detecting a characteristic of the seed after the seed disengages the seed disc and before the seed exits the seed meter. The sensor may be coupled to a seed chute of the seed meter and may detect a wide variety of seed characteristics such as seed position within the seed chute, seed size, and seed shape. The seed characteristic may be used to adjust operation of the seed meters, agricultural planters, and methods. In some instances, the adjustment may be manual. In other instances, the adjustment may be automatic.

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  • KINZE MANUFACTURING, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Achen, Courtney N Iowa City, US 22 475
Bachman, Marvin Marengo, US 13 234
Wilhelmi, Matthew J Parnell, US 48 493

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