US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Nov. 4 for "Elevation increment-decrement with slope control" (Iowa, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,376, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Elevation increment-decrement with slope control" was invented by Daniel M. Kassen (Hazel Green, Wis.), Todd F. Velde (Dubuque, Iowa) and Carl J. Koenig (Dubuque, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided for automatically implementing a commanded change in elevation of a ground profile being created by a work vehicle such as a dozer using a slope control system of the work vehicle. A controller calculates an adjusted target value of a mainfall slope and an adjustment distance sufficient to achieve the desired change in elevation and then co...