US 12,302,771 B2
Systems and methods for detecting material accumulation relative to disk gang assemblies of agricultural implements
Brittany Schroeder, Lowell, IN (US)
Assigned to CNH Industrial America, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/215,088.
Prior Publication US 2022/0304213 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A01B 63/112 (2006.01); A01B 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 63/112 (2013.01) [A01B 5/08 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
7. A method for detecting material accumulation relative to disk gang assemblies of an agricultural implement, the agricultural implement including a frame and first and second disk gang assemblies supported relative to the frame, each of the first and second disk gang assemblies including a toolbar coupled to the frame and a plurality of disks supported by the toolbar, the method comprising:
receiving, with a computing system, data indicative of an applied load through each of the first and second disk gang assemblies;
comparing, with the computing system, the applied loads to a load threshold, wherein the load threshold comprises a load differential threshold between the first and second disk gang assemblies;
determining, with the computing system, that the first disk gang assembly is in a plugged state when the applied load through the first disk gang assembly exceeds the applied load through the second disk gang assembly by the load differential threshold; and
initiating, with the computing system, a control action when it is determined the first disk gang assembly is in the plugged state.