US 12,108,693 B2
Agricultural row unit for field cultivation
William E. Preller, Congerville, IL (US); Eric C. Ragar, Delavan, IL (US); and Michael J. Grossen, Peoria, IL (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/210,883.
Application 18/210,883 is a continuation of application No. 16/849,820, filed on Apr. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,716,917.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/834,000, filed on Apr. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329136 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A01B 49/02 (2006.01); A01B 5/06 (2006.01); A01B 17/00 (2006.01); A01B 27/00 (2006.01); A01B 49/06 (2006.01); A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 49/02 (2013.01) [A01B 5/06 (2013.01); A01B 17/00 (2013.01); A01B 27/005 (2013.01); A01C 5/064 (2013.01); A01C 5/068 (2013.01); A01B 49/06 (2013.01); A01C 7/08 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A row unit assembly for cultivating a row of soil, the assembly comprising:
a prefracture coulter positioned along a center axis of the row unit assembly;
a seedbed cultivator positioned along the center axis of the row unit assembly at a location aft of the prefracture coulter;
a rolling cultivator positioned aft of both the prefracture coulter and the seedbed cultivator, the rolling cultivator rotating about a shaft, the shaft extending between first and second ends, and
first and second gauge wheels, the first gauge wheel being coupled to the first end of the shaft and the second gauge wheel being coupled to the second end of the shaft.