US Patent Issued to AGCO on Aug. 12 for "Systems comprising agricultural implements connected to lifting hitches and related control systems and methods" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,849, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to AGCO Corp. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Systems comprising agricultural implements connected to lifting hitches and related control systems and methods" was invented by Benjamin Anson Fanshier (Hesston, Kan.), Monte J. Rans (Hesston, Kan.), Ross Duerksen (Hesston, Kan.), Zane Wesley Unrau (Wichita, Kan.) and Robert L. Figger (Hesston, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a tractor comprising a lifting hitch, and an implement comprising an implement frame carried by the lifting hitch. The implement frame has an integrated elongate toolbar carrying at least one row unit. A sensor is configure...