US 11,678,598 B2
Agricultural trench depth systems, methods, and apparatus
Dillon Sloneker, Danvers, IL (US); Jeremy J. Hodel, Morton, IL (US); and Ben L. Schlipf, Tremont, IL (US)
Assigned to Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/766,519
Filed by Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/058833
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/064514, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/910,240, filed on Oct. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/910,254, filed on Oct. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/910,271, filed on Oct. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/934,796, filed on Nov. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/934,816, filed on Nov. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/934,826, filed on Nov. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0361391 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A01B 63/16 (2006.01); A01B 63/00 (2006.01); A01C 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 63/16 (2013.01) [A01B 63/008 (2013.01); A01C 5/064 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An agricultural row unit, comprising:
a row unit frame;
a furrow opening disc rotatably supported by said row unit frame for opening a furrow in a soil surface as the row unit frame advances in a forward direction of travel;
a gauge wheel disposed adjacent to said furrow opening disc and pivotably supported from said row unit frame by a gauge wheel arm such that said gauge wheel is displaceable with respect to said furrow opening disc;
a depth adjustment assembly, including:
a depth adjustment body pivotally connected via a pivot to said row unit frame, said depth adjustment body disposed to engage said gauge wheel arm to limit an amount of upward travel of said gauge wheel with respect to said furrow opening disc;
a motor operable to cause rotation of a shaft, said shaft operably coupled with said depth adjustment body, whereby rotation of said shaft causes said depth adjustment body to pivotally move about said pivot thereby changing a position of contact of said depth adjustment body with said gauge wheel arm thus changing the amount of upward travel of said gauge wheel with respect to said furrow opening disc;
wherein said shaft is rotationally fixed to a clevis, said clevis pivotally linked to said depth adjustment body, wherein said depth adjustment body includes a slot, and wherein a pin extends through said slot to pivotally link said depth adjustment body to said clevis.