US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on Dec. 23 for "Nudge proximity indication during control of an unloading operation" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,763, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Nudge proximity indication during control of an unloading operation" was invented by Jeremy J. Faust (Grimes, Iowa) and Kellen E. O'Connor (Clive, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leading vehicle controls a following vehicle during a fill operation to change the positions of the two vehicles relative to one another. A control system generates a communication signal indicating that a position change operation that changes the position of the vehicles relative to one another is about to be executed. An operator display displays an indication of the position c...