US 12,439,841 B2
System and method for determining operational status of a tillage implement
Scott Glovier, Lombard, IL (US)
Assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/994,868.
Prior Publication US 2024/0172578 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01B 63/24 (2006.01); G01D 5/16 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 79/005 (2013.01) [A01B 63/24 (2013.01); G01D 5/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tillage implement, comprising:
a frame;
a disk gang supported on the frame, the disk gang including a disk gang shaft and a plurality of disks spaced apart from each other along the disk gang shaft;
one or more load sensors configured to generate data indicative of a load being applied to the disk gang; and
a computing system communicatively coupled to the one or more load sensors, the computing system configured to:
determine a total load being applied to the disk gang based on the data generated by the one or more load sensors;
determine a normalized number of disks on the disk gang based on a surface area of each disk of the plurality of disks that is in contact with soil in a field across which the tillage implement is traveling;
determine an average load per disk being applied to the disk gang based on the determined total load and the determined normalized number of disks; and
determine an operational status of the tillage implement based on the determined average load per disk.