US Patent Issued to HORSCH LEEB Application Systems on Sept. 30 for "Positioning apparatus for an agricultural distribution machine" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,587, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HORSCH LEEB Application Systems GmbH (Landau an der Isar, Germany).

"Positioning apparatus for an agricultural distribution machine" was invented by Daniel Hirthammer (Schwandorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural distribution machine, such as a field sprayer or a pneumatic fertilizer spreader is described. The agricultural distribution machine includes a carrier vehicle and a distributor boom for spreading material, such as a fertilizer, a plant protection agent, or seed. The boom is indirectly or directly arranged on the carrier vehicle so as to be movable at least abou...