US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on April 22 for "Sensing track characteristics on a track vehicle using replaceable track sensors" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,662, issued on April 22, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Sensing track characteristics on a track vehicle using replaceable track sensors" was invented by Martin Kremmer (Bettendorf, Iowa) and Carroll C. Kellum (Cedar Falls, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A track for a track vehicle has sensor-receiving cavities disposed therein. Removeable sensors are placed in the sensor-receiving cavities for sensing characteristics of the track during operation."

The patent was filed on June 7, 2023, under Application No. 18/330,777.

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