US 12,245,542 B2
Systems, implements, and methods for seed orientation with adjustable singulators during planting
Dale Koch, Tremont, IL (US); Jeremy Hodel, Morton, IL (US); Todd Swanson, Morton, IL (US); and Ian Radtke, Washington, IL (US)
Assigned to Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US)
Filed by Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US)
Filed on May 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/310,854.
Application 18/310,854 is a division of application No. 16/316,601, granted, now 11,678,601, previously published as PCT/US2017/042006, filed on Jul. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/362,463, filed on Jul. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270040 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. A01C 7/04 (2006.01); A01C 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 7/0443 (2023.05) [A01C 7/046 (2013.01); A01C 7/201 (2013.01); A01C 7/20 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A row unit for seed orientation comprising:
a seed disk capable of rotation and having at least one singulator to adjust an orientation of seed to a desired seed orientation for placement within a furrow during planting; and
a capacitive sensor in proximity to the seed disk, wherein the capacitive sensor is configured to refine an orienting mechanism of the at least one singulator based on detecting seed orientation data including a seed size.