Deere & Company
Seed meter and method of mounting the same

Abstract:

A seed meter for metering a plurality of seeds includes a seed disk housing having a seed inlet, a seed outlet, and a chamber therebetween, a seed disk mounted within the chamber of the seed disk housing, a motor having an output shaft and a gear mounted thereon, the gear being engageable with the seed disk and operable to rotate the seed disk relative to the seed disk housing, a mount fixed relative to the motor, the mount having a non-planar engagement surface, and a hook attached to the seed disk housing, the hook having a non-planar engagement surface engageable with the engagement surface of the mount.