US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on July 1 for "System and method for controlling the operation of a row cleaning device of a seed-planting implement" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,739, issued on July 1, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"System and method for controlling the operation of a row cleaning device of a seed-planting implement" was invented by Brian J. Anderson (Yorkville, Ill.) and Trevor Stanhope (Oak Lawn, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling the operation of a row cleaning device of a seed-planting implement may include a row cleaning device, at least one row sensor, and a controller. The row cleaning device may move field materials away from a travel path of a component of a seed-planting implement, where the component is positioned aft of the...