US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Sept. 23 for "System and method for reducing shank wear on an agricultural implement" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,209, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"System and method for reducing shank wear on an agricultural implement" was invented by Brittany Schroeder (Bunker Hill, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for reducing shank wear on an agricultural implement includes a shank configured to be moved through soil within a field as the agricultural implement travels across the field. Furthermore, the system includes an electrode embedded within the shank. Additionally, the system includes a sensor configured to generate data indicative of a soil moisture content of a portion of the field ...