ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,201, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Method for assisting a distribution process by means of a distribution tool on a utility vehicle" was invented by Stefan Brocke (Mannheim, Germany) and Danesh Gandhi (Pune, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assisting a distribution process by a distribution tool attached to a utility vehicle includes adjusting a position of a lower edge of the distribution tool by changing a lifting position of the distribution tool, determining by a sensor attached to the distribution tool a first distance between the lower edge and a surface region of the material be...