US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Sept. 30 for "Multiple mode body swing collision avoidance system and method" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,974, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Multiple mode body swing collision avoidance system and method" was invented by Rachel Bruflodt (Dubuque, Iowa), Giovanni A Wuisan (Epworth, Iowa), Michael Kean (Maquoketa, Iowa) and Brett S Graham (Dubuque, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body swing collision avoidance system and method for a machine with steerable traction devices for moving the machine. Sensors monitor obstacles around the machine. A commanded body swing path is calculated based on operator steering commands. If an obstacle is in the commanded body swing path, the system automatically adj...