ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,642, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Automated powered ladder" was invented by Snehalrao S. Jadhav (Satara, India), Aaron S. Ritter (Milan, Ill.), Paul D. Marvin (DeWitt, Iowa), Blake A. Boe (Colona, Ill.), Alex R. Vandegrift (Cuba City, Wis.) and Corey A. Akers (Highlands Ranch, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods utilizing automation logic for powered ladders of work vehicles, including harvesters. A portion of the powered ladder can be displaced relative to other portions of the ladder so that the powered ladder is in either a folded or unfolded orientation. A controller can det...