Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seed disc with integrated drive
- Patent Title (中): 带集成驱动器的种子盘
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Application No.: US14592965Application Date: 2015-01-09
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Publication No.: US09474201B2Publication Date: 2016-10-25
- Inventor: Matthew J. Wilhelmi , Merlan Rolffs , Dustan Hahn , John P. Mulherin , Courtney N. Achen , Michael J. Myers , Ryan Legge , Rhett Schildroth , Marvin Bachman , Todd E. Kniffen
- Applicant: Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IA Williamsburg
- Assignee: Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IA Williamsburg
- Agency: McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC
- Main IPC: A01C7/04
- IPC: A01C7/04 ; A01C19/02

Abstract:
An agricultural planter includes a plurality of row units attached to a toolbar. The row units include seed meters for receiving, singulating, and dispensing seed or other particulate. The seed meters include a circular seed disc with a seed path for receiving the seed in the seed meter housing. Integrated with the seed disc is a motor that is housed within the seed meter housing and that includes a rotatable portion being attached to the circular disc such that the two rotate in tandem. The integrated motor can be positioned within an interior portion of the circular seed disc such that the width of the disc and motor combination is kept to a minimum.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150189826A1 SEED DISC WITH INTEGRATED DRIVE Public/Granted day:2015-07-09
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