US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on June 3 for "System for adjusting boom hinge rake angle of an agricultural sprayer and method thereof" (Iowa, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,887, issued on June 3, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"System for adjusting boom hinge rake angle of an agricultural sprayer and method thereof" was invented by Kody E. Oppedahl (Ankeny, Iowa), Thomas G. Bartlett (Ankeny, Iowa), Kevin A. Thelen (Ankeny, Iowa), Daniel J. Koenen (Ankeny, Iowa) and Michael J. Sukalski (Fairmont, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spray boom assembly includes a first boom frame and a second boom frame pivotally coupled via a hinge assembly to the first boom frame about a pivot axis. The spray boom also includes an actuator assembly for pivoting the second boom frame relative to the first ...