US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Nov. 25 for "Radar based cutting height system for a sugarcane harvester" (Louisiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,986, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Radar based cutting height system for a sugarcane harvester" was invented by John A. Dighton (Napoleonville, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sugarcane harvester for harvesting sugarcane including a cutting blade to cut sugarcane. The cutting blade is adjustably supported by the sugarcane harvester to cut the sugarcane at a desired height. A radar assembly is coupled to the sugarcane harvester and transmits electromagnetic waves toward a ground surface, wherein reflected electromagnetic waves identify a ground level of the ground surface which is used to adjust ...