US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on Sept. 23 for "Sensing and control of liquid application using an agricultural machine" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,231, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Sensing and control of liquid application using an agricultural machine" was invented by Grant J. Wonderlich (Milan, Ill.), Kenneth E. Herrmann (Port Byron, Ill.), Michael C. Steele (Orion, Ill.), Kilian Wolff (Kaiserslautern, Germany) and Gerrit Pruessmann (Recklinghausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural machine applies liquid material to a field. Valve control signals control valves to apply the liquid material. Row pressure on the agricultural machine is sensed to identify when the valve is opened to apply the liquid material. The val...