ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,245, issued on July 22, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Level sensing fill without a sight gauge" was invented by Grant R. Henn (Dubuque, Iowa), Steven K. Cureton (Dubuque, Iowa), Jason Bennett (Dubuque, Iowa) and Brett S. Graham (Dubuque, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for filling a fluid of a work vehicle. The method comprises activating a fill mode and selecting a fluid to be filled on a display, sensing a fluid fill level, comparing the fluid fill level to a target fill level, initiating a fill level alert when the fluid fill level approaches the target fill level, and deactivating the fill mode whe...