US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on July 1 for "Selectively implementing automated cleaning routines during unloading cycles for transport vehicles" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,202, issued on July 1, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Selectively implementing automated cleaning routines during unloading cycles for transport vehicles" was invented by Michael D. Peat (Dubuque, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided for automated cleaning of a loading container of a transport vehicle (e.g., dump truck, ejector, scraper), wherein the loading container includes controllable elements (e.g., hydraulic lift cylinders for a truck bin, an ejector blade) for transitioning between loaded and unloaded states. Characteristics of carryback material remaining in the loading container ...