Planter meter suspension system and method of improving seed spacing
US7549383B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 6, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 23, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S111/927
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system and method to reduce vertical acceleration experienced by a seed meter of a planter row unit during planting operations, the planter row unit having a row unit frame including a hopper support from which the seed meter is operably supported. The system includes a support system operably vertically supporting the hopper support vertically movably independent of the row unit frame.
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