WO2021183837A1 - Method and apparatus for determining combine efficiency - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates generally to a method and apparatus for determining combine efficiency. More particularly, the present disclosure relates a method and apparatus that involve a nested series of collection pans to adequately determine combine efficiency. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to a nested series of collection pans that may be remotely dropped via use of electromagnets to iteratively determine combine efficiency.
- Agricultural harvesters are commonly known as “combines”. This term is derived from the use of multiple harvesting functions, namely being able to “combine” the use of picking a crop, threshing a crop, separating the crop and cleaning the crop desired to be harvested.
- the combine may include a header which removes the crop from a field, a feeder which moves the crop matter into a threshing rotor which rotates within a perforated housing that allows grain to fall into a grain pan. After the grain pan, the grain is commonly cleaned using a cleaning system that blows air to discharge any chaff, debris or straw before the grain is deposited into a grain tank that is onboard the combine.
- Previous grain loss receptacles have been releasably mounted beneath a body of a combine.
- a prior art receptacle may be dropped onto the ground during operation of the combine.
- the receptacle would then be filled with any chaff as well as lost grain that may be inadvertently blown from the combine to the ground.
- a single datapoint based on loss may be gathered based on the contents of this single tray.
- the single tray would then need to be collected, processed, and then reloaded onto the combine.
- an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may provide at least two pans attached by releasable magnets to a set of magnets on the main cover; a signal controller arranged to generate a signal when triggered by a user and arranged to be located remotely from the at least one pan; at least one electromagnet mounted on the at least one pan and the main cover being operative to electromagnetically retain the at least one pan on a vehicle body when supplied with electrical power; a battery operative to supply the electrical power to said at least one electromagnet in a normal operating mode; and a signal receiver operative to interrupt power to a select number of the at least one electromagnet causing at least one pan to be released from the vehicle body onto the ground in response to receipt of the wireless trigger signal from the signal controller.
- another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may provide a method of reducing crop loss comprising: providing at least one pan either directly attached or indirectly attached to a combine; using at least one electromagnet mounted on the at least one pan to electromagnetically retain the collection pan on a body of the combine; signaling on a signal controller to release at least one electromagnet; interrupting electrical power supplied to said at least one electromagnet in response to the signaling of the signal controller; dropping a first pan from the vehicle body together with the collection pan onto the ground displacing the combine harvester across the ground such that some of a crop is deposited onto the collection pan; dropping at least one second pan from the vehicle body by repeating the steps of signaling, interrupting and dropping; measuring the amount of crop contained within at least one pan; and adjusting the combine settings as a result of the measurements.
- an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may provide a method of measuring crop loss comprising: providing at least two pans either directly attached or indirectly attached to a combine; providing at least one sensor attached to a combine; using at least one electromagnet mounted on the at least one pan to electromagnetically retain the collection pan on a body of the combine; signaling on a signal controller to release at least one electromagnet; interrupting electrical power supplied to said at least one electromagnet in response to the signaling of the signal controller; dropping a first pan from the vehicle body together with the collection pan onto the ground; displacing the combine harvester across the ground such that some of a crop is deposited onto the collection pan; dropping at least one second pan from the vehicle body by repeating the steps of signaling, interrupting and dropping; and measuring the amount of crop contained within at least one pan; reading a sensor output to determine the amount of crop not staying within the combine; and adjusting the combine settings as a result of the measurements.
- FIG.1 is a rear view of an exemplary cut away combine with an exemplary main cover attached.
- Figure 2 is an isometric front side view of a set of exemplary pans.
- FIG.3 is an isometric front top right exploded view of the exemplary sets of pans.
- FIG.4 is an operational rear view of an exemplary pan dropping into a field below.
- Figure 5 is an exemplary side view of a combine with a pan dropped in a field.
- FIGS. 1-5 A system 10 and method of operation thereof is depicted in the present disclosure and throughout FIGS. 1-5.
- System 10 is a new and improved apparatus for determining combine efficiency as will be discussed hereafter.
- FIG.1 a rear view of an exemplary cutaway agricultural vehicle is shown.
- the vehicle is a combine harvester 12 or just combine 12 with an exemplary main cover 14 attached is shown.
- the combine 12 is shown in only its rear portion with the exemplary main cover 14 mounted on the underside 16A of a back axle housing 16 of the combine at the top side 14A of the main cover 14.
- the exemplary main cover 14 has a body that is generally open at the bottom.
- the exemplary main cover includes the top side 14A, an under side 14B that is vertically disposed from the top side 14A, a first side 14C and a second side 14D that is transversely opposed to the first side 14C.
- the back axle housing 16 further incudes a top side 16B that is vertically displaced from the underside 16A.
- the combine 12 further has at least two ground engaging wheels 12A.
- the exemplary main cover 14 is engageably and removably mounted to the back axle housing 16 by at least one permanent magnet 18 and at least one bracket 20.
- the permanent magnet 18 is so named as it may not be removed remotely but rather by force.
- the permanent magnet 18 has a first end 18A where it interfaces with the back axle housing 16 at the underside 16A and a second end 18B that is vertically disposed from the first end 18 A, where the permanent magnet 18 interfaces with the bracket 20 at its first end 20A.
- the bracket 20 further includes a second end 20B that is vertically disposed from the first end 20A where the bracket 20 interfaces with the main cover 14.
- the permanent magnet 18 is a permanent electromagnet.
- the main cover 14 may be mounted at multiple locations along a combine 12. While the exemplary embodiment is shown as mounted under a back axle housing 16, in alternative embodiments the main cover 14 is mounted is placed underneath the combine.
- a plurality of magnets or electromagnets 22 are shown as a part of the main cover 14 . These plurality of magnets or electromagnets 22 will be described later with respect to location in FIG.2 and FIG.3 and operation with respect to FIG.5. Additionally, shown is a signal receiver 24 and a signal controller 26 operative to transmit a signal to the signal receiver 24.
- the signal receiver 24 is electrically connected to the plurality of electromagnets 22.
- the signal receiver 24 is mounted to the underside 14B of the main cover 14. The signal controller 26 and signal receiver 24 will be discussed later with respect to the operation.
- FIGS.2 and 3 show varied views of a set of exemplary pans, 28, 30, 32, 34 of the system 10.
- the pans 28, 30, 32, 34 have a front side 28A, 30A, 32A, 34A (not shown in this view) a back side 28B, 30B, 32B, 34B that is laterally disposed from the front side 28A, 30A, 32A, 34A, a first side 28C, 30C, 32C, 34C and a second side 28D, 30D, 32D, 34D that is transversely opposed to the first side 28C, 30C, 32C, 34C.
- a bottom side 28E, 30E, 32E, 34E that is vertically opposite a top surface 28F, 30F, 32F, 34F.
- Each of the pans 28, 30, 32, 34 further has at least one tab 28G, 30G, 32G, 34G.
- the at least one tab 28G, 30G, 32G, 34G is integrally formed as a unibody member with the pans 28, 30, 32, 34.
- Each of the pans 28, 30, 32, 34 engageably connect to at least one respective magnet or electromagnet 22 at their at least one tab 28G, 30G, 32G, 34G.
- Each of the pans 28, 30, 32, 34 has a body that with sloped sides and a flat bottom side 28E, 30E, 32E, 34E that allows the pans 28, 30, 32, 34 to nest within one another.
- the first pan 28 has the first tab 28G interface with the magnet 22A and the second tab 28H interface with magnet 22H.
- the second pan 30 has the first tab 30G interface with the magnet 22B and the second tab 3 OH interface with magnet 22G.
- the third pan 32 has the first tab 32G interface with the magnet 22C and the second tab 32H interface with magnet 22F.
- the fourth pan 34 has the first tab 34G interface with the magnet 22D and the second tab 34H interface with magnet 22E.
- a groove or recess 14E is operative to enclose a battery module 36 along with a portion of the signal receiver 24.
- the battery module 36 further includes wiring that may power the signal receiver as well as wiring that interfaces with the magnets 22. In some embodiments the battery module 36 is adjacent to the signal receiver 24.
- magnets 22A, 22B, 22C, 22D, 22E, 22F, 22G, 22H are shown as the same height.
- 22 A and 22H may be at a first height
- 22B and 22G would be at a slightly increased second height as the second height would have to compensate for the distance added when the second pan 30 is nested in the first pan 28.
- the magnets 22C and 22F would have a third height greater than that of the second height and the magnets 22D and 22E would have a fourth height greater than that of the third height.
- additional magnets with additional trays. For every additional tray, there would merely need to be two additional magnets. Further, additional systems 10 are able to be deployed around the combine 12, as discussed earlier.
- an additional embodiment may not provide for tabs to be used on the trays but instead a nesting configuration with magnets attaching directly to trays at given locations when the trays may be selectively dropped in a method as will be discussed later.
- FIG.4 an operational view of an exemplary pan being deployed into a field.
- an operator of the combine 12 can decide that a measurement of grain loss is needed.
- the combine operator actuates the signal controller 26 that transmits a signal to the signal receiver 24.
- the signal controller 26 can include one or more different types of RF devices such as cellular phones, Wi-Fi enabled devices, Bluetooth devices, etc. Additionally, the signal controller 26 may be wired.
- the signal receiver 24 would be matched to the controller 26 or vice versa in order to allow the two devices to properly communicate.
- the controller while not shown in the drawings, in one embodiment is mounted within the main cover and is in electrical connection with the battery 36 and magnets 22.
- the controller is generally recessed relative to the pans 28, 30, 32, 34 so as to not interfere with mounting of the pans relative to the combine 12 body.
- the controller is operative to control the supply of electrical power from the battery to the magnets and is operable between an off mode and a triggered or on mode. In the off mode, no electric power is being drawn from the battery by the magnets and the least one pan 28, 30, 32, 34 is magnetically retained relative to the combine 12 body by the magnets.
- the controller is operative to cause electrical power to the magnets 22 in such a way that the magnets 22 attached to the tabs 28G, 30G, 32G, 34G of the pans 28, 30, 32, 34 are released individually from the combine 12 for dropping the pan into the field.
- This mechanism for release may be through introducing an electrical signal to the magnet, causing a loss of magnetism, as will be discussed later herein.
- the controller includes a receiver for receiving a signal from the signal receiver 24 and is configured to switch from the off mode to the triggered or on mode when the signal is received as well as a memory module responsive to data bearing records.
- the signal controller 26 has an independent housing with a respective power source therein for being situated remotely from the collection pan, for example with the combine operator.
- the signal controller 26 can be actuated by an operator that generates a wireless signal and transmits the signal wirelessly to the signal receiver 24 which passes it to the controller which then triggers the controller to interrupt power to the proper magnets 22 for dropping a pan 28, 30, 32, 34 from the body of the combine 12.
- the user positions the at least one pan 28, 30, 32, 34 to be elongate in the lateral direction of the combine harvester and activates the magnets 22 to retain the pan to the underside of the combine 12 body, for example using a button 26 A externally located on the signal controller 26 to generate an activation signal transmitted to the signal receiver 24 then transmitted to the controller which switches from the off mode to the triggered or on mode upon receipt of the activation signal.
- the operator then operates the combine 12 in the usual manner, and selectively triggers the controller to release at least one pan 28, 30, 32, 34 from the combine 12 body as the combine 12 travels across the field.
- the electromagnets are operable to switch between a default holding state exerting an external magnetic field, and a release state lacking said external magnetic field.
- the default holding state consumes no electrical power, and thus is also referred to herein as a de-energized state of the electromagnet, while the release state requires application of DC power to an electrical coil of the electromagnet, and is therefore herein as an energized state of the electromagnet.
- the control circuit containing the wireless transmitter is also connected to the electrical coil of each electromagnet, and is configured to switch between an “off’ state electrically isolating the power supply from the coils of the electromagnets, and an “on” state electrically connecting the power supply to the coils electromagnets.
- the control circuit is configured to maintain the “off’ state by default.
- the control circuit momentarily switches to the “on” state, thus delivering a momentary pulse of current from the power supply to the coils of the electromagnets to switch them from the holding state to the release state.
- the circuit After maintaining the “on” or release state of the circuit for the predetermined pulse length, the circuit automatically returns to the “off’ or holding state, and remains in such off or holding state until a subsequent command signal is received producing another “on” or release state.
- the memory module is operative to contain information regarding the number or sequence of pans that have been dropped.
- the memory module may recall the number or which of the four pans that were dropped within its data bearing records and know which magnets to disengage when the signal controller 26 is actuated.
- the memory module may also be cleared if during a harvest all of the pans were not deployed, and would then be desired to start with an exemplary four pans 28, 30, 32, 34 again.
- the first pan 28 has the first tab 28G interface with the magnet 22A and the second tab 28H interface with magnet 22H.
- the second pan 30 has the first tab 30G interface with the magnet 22B and the second tab 3 OH interface with magnet 22G.
- the third pan 32 has the first tab 32G interface with the magnet 22C and the second tab 32H interface with magnet 22F.
- the fourth pan 34 has the first tab 34G interface with the magnet 22D and the second tab 34H interface with magnet 22E.
- the memory module would be free of any memory relating to any of the pans having dropped.
- the signal controller 26 when the signal controller 26 generates an activation signal, the activation signal is transmitted to the signal receiver 24 which switches from the off mode to the triggered or on mode upon receipt of the activation signal.
- the controller In the case of the first pan 28, the controller would trigger the magnet 22A and the magnet 22H to trigger the on mode releasing the connection from the first tab 28G and second tab 28H, respectively. This would cause the pan 28 to drop to the ground from the nested configuration with the rest of the pans 30, 32, 34.
- the memory module would then create a record that may be accessed to remember that the first pan 28 had been deployed.
- the signal controller 26 may generate a further activation signal transmitted to the signal receiver 24 then transmitted to the controller which switches from the off mode to the triggered or on mode upon receipt of the activation signal.
- the memory module knowing that the first pan 28 had been dropped, would then drop the second pan 30.
- the controller would trigger the magnet 22B and the magnet 22G to trigger into the on mode and thus release connection from the first tab 30G and second tab 30H, respectively. This would cause the pan 30 to drop to the ground from the nested configuration with the rest of the pans 32, 34.
- the memory module would then create a record that may be accessed to remember that the second pan 30 had been deployed.
- the signal controller 26 may generate another further activation signal transmitted to the signal receiver 24 then transmitted to the controller which switches from the off mode to the triggered or on mode upon receipt of the activation signal.
- the memory module knowing that the first pan 28 and second pan 30 had been dropped, would then drop the third pan 32.
- the controller would trigger the magnet 22C and the magnet 22F to trigger into the on mode releasing the connection from the first tab 32G and second tab 32H, respectively. This would cause the pan 32 to drop to the ground from the nested configuration with the remaining pan 34.
- the memory module would then create a record that may be accessed to remember that the third pan 32 had been deployed to the ground.
- the signal controller 26 may generate yet a further activation signal transmitted to the signal receiver 24 then transmitted to the controller which switches from the off mode to the triggered or on mode upon receipt of the activation signal.
- the memory module knowing that the first pan 28, second pan 30, and third pan 32 had been dropped, would then drop the fourth pan 34.
- the controller would trigger the magnet 22D and the magnet 22E to trigger into the on mode and thus release connection from the first tab 34G and second tab 34H, respectively. This would cause the pan 34 to drop to the ground.
- the memory module would then create a record that may be accessed to remember that the fourth pan 34 had been deployed to the ground.
- Further configurations may use additional pans, and may use N pans.
- the memory module would be operative to create and read data bearing records related to the number of pans that were still in the nested configuration versus those which were deployed. Further, additional magnets would be required to attach additional pans.
- the combine harvester 12 includes a vehicle body supported on at least two ground engaging wheels 12A for rolling movement in a forward working direction over ground. Often times that ground is carrying a crop 38 to be harvested.
- a header at the front end of the vehicle body includes a cutter bar 40 that spans laterally and perpendicularly to the forward working direction for cutting the crop 38 as the harvester 12 is displaced forwardly across the ground along a first direction.
- the now cut crop is guided internally through the vehicle body by a feeder 42 to be threshed by a threshing 44 which functions to dislodge the grain from the remaining cut crop materials defining chaff.
- the crop 38 goes into a grain tank 46 while the chaff continues outward the body of the combine 12.
- Sieves 48 within the harvester receive the material from the thresher for separating the grain from the chaff.
- a blower fan 50 is used to carry the chaff to a rear discharge of the harvester for discharging the chaff onto the ground along the bottom while a series of straw walkers 52 allow the straw of a top path to be chopped by a chopper 54 to be deposited on the ground.
- a pan Once a pan is dropped, the user may then collect the material deposited on the pan and separate the grain from the chaff using a separator sieve or other such device as known in the art.
- a measuring tube, or scale, or otherwise marked device for measuring the amount of grain collected in the pan would then be used.
- the various markings represent volume of grain per unit of collection area of the pan or may be weighed to give a numerical amount.
- the volume of separated grain in the measuring tube can be used to determine grain loss in units of bushels per acre.
- inventive concepts may be embodied as one or more methods, of which an example has been provided.
- the acts performed as part of the method may be ordered in any suitable way. Accordingly, embodiments may be constructed in which acts are performed in an order different than illustrated, which may include performing some acts simultaneously, even though shown as sequential acts in illustrative embodiments.
- inventive embodiments have been described and illustrated herein, those of ordinary skill in the art will readily envision a variety of other means and/or structures for performing the function and/or obtaining the results and/or one or more of the advantages described herein, and each of such variations and/or modifications is deemed to be within the scope of the inventive embodiments described herein.
- embodiments of technology disclosed herein may be implemented using hardware, software, or a combination thereof.
- the software code or instructions can be executed on any suitable processor or collection of processors, whether provided in a single computer or distributed among multiple computers.
- the instructions or software code can be stored in at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium.
- a computer or smartphone utilized to execute the software code or instructions via its processors may have one or more input and output devices. These devices can be used, among other things, to present a user interface. Examples of output devices that can be used to provide a user interface include printers or display screens for visual presentation of output and speakers or other sound generating devices for audible presentation of output. Examples of input devices that can be used for a user interface include keyboards, and pointing devices, such as mice, touch pads, and digitizing tablets. As another example, a computer may receive input information through speech recognition or in other audible format.
- Such computers or smartphones may be interconnected by one or more networks in any suitable form, including a local area network or a wide area network, such as an enterprise network, and intelligent network (IN) or the Internet.
- networks may be based on any suitable technology and may operate according to any suitable protocol and may include wireless networks, wired networks or fiber optic networks.
- the various methods or processes outlined herein may be coded as software/instructions that is executable on one or more processors that employ any one of a variety of operating systems or platforms. Additionally, such software may be written using any of a number of suitable programming languages and/or programming or scripting tools, and also may be compiled as executable machine language code or intermediate code that is executed on a framework or virtual machine.
- inventive concepts may be embodied as a computer readable storage medium (or multiple computer readable storage media) (e.g., a computer memory, one or more floppy discs, compact discs, optical discs, magnetic tapes, flash memories, USB flash drives, SD cards, circuit configurations in Field Programmable Gate Arrays or other semiconductor devices, or other non-transitory medium or tangible computer storage medium) encoded with one or more programs that, when executed on one or more computers or other processors, perform methods that implement the various embodiments of the disclosure discussed above.
- the computer readable medium or media can be transportable, such that the program or programs stored thereon can be loaded onto one or more different computers or other processors to implement various aspects of the present disclosure as discussed above.
- program or “software” or “instructions” are used herein in a generic sense to refer to any type of computer code or set of computer-executable instructions that can be employed to program a computer or other processor to implement various aspects of embodiments as discussed above. Additionally, it should be appreciated that according to one aspect, one or more computer programs that when executed perform methods of the present disclosure need not reside on a single computer or processor, but may be distributed in a modular fashion amongst a number of different computers or processors to implement various aspects of the present disclosure.
- Computer-executable instructions may be in many forms, such as program modules, executed by one or more computers or other devices.
- program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types.
- functionality of the program modules may be combined or distributed as desired in various embodiments.
- data structures may be stored in computer- readable media in any suitable form.
- data structures may be shown to have fields that are related through location in the data structure. Such relationships may likewise be achieved by assigning storage for the fields with locations in a computer-readable medium that convey relationship between the fields.
- any suitable mechanism may be used to establish a relationship between information in fields of a data structure, including through the use of pointers, tags or other mechanisms that establish relationship between data elements.
- logic includes but is not limited to hardware, firmware, software, and/or combinations of each to perform a function(s) or an action(s), and/or to cause a function or action from another logic, method, and/or system.
- logic may include a software controlled microprocessor, discrete logic like a processor (e.g., microprocessor), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmed logic device, a memory device containing instructions, an electric device having a memory, or the like.
- Logic may include one or more gates, combinations of gates, or other circuit components.
- Logic may also be fully embodied as software. Where multiple logics are described, it may be possible to incorporate the multiple logics into one physical logic. Similarly, where a single logic is described, it may be possible to distribute that single logic between multiple physical logics.
- the logic(s) presented herein for accomplishing various methods of this system may be directed towards improvements in existing computer-centric or internet-centric technology that may not have previous analog versions.
- the logic(s) may provide specific functionality directly related to structure that addresses and resolves some problems identified herein.
- the logic(s) may also provide significantly more advantages to solve these problems by providing an exemplary inventive concept as specific logic structure and concordant functionality of the method and system.
- the logic(s) may also provide specific computer implemented rules that improve on existing technological processes.
- the logic(s) provided herein extends beyond merely gathering data, analyzing the information, and displaying the results. Further, portions or all of the present disclosure may rely on underlying equations that are derived from the specific arrangement of the equipment or components as recited herein.
- a reference to “A and/or B”, when used in conjunction with open-ended language such as “comprising” can refer, in one embodiment, to A only (optionally including elements other than B); in another embodiment, to B only (optionally including elements other than A); in yet another embodiment, to both A and B (optionally including other elements); etc.
- “or” should be understood to have the same meaning as “and/or” as defined above.
- the phrase “at least one,” in reference to a list of one or more elements, should be understood to mean at least one element selected from any one or more of the elements in the list of elements, but not necessarily including at least one of each and every element specifically listed within the list of elements and not excluding any combinations of elements in the list of elements.
- This definition also allows that elements may optionally be present other than the elements specifically identified within the list of elements to which the phrase “at least one” refers, whether related or unrelated to those elements specifically identified.
- “at least one of A and B” can refer, in one embodiment, to at least one, optionally including more than one, A, with no B present (and optionally including elements other than B); in another embodiment, to at least one, optionally including more than one, B, with no A present (and optionally including elements other than A); in yet another embodiment, to at least one, optionally including more than one, A, and at least one, optionally including more than one, B (and optionally including other elements); etc.
- spatially relative terms such as “under”, “below”, “lower”, “over”, “upper”, “above”, “behind”, “in front of’, and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element(s) or feature(s) as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if a device in the figures is inverted, elements described as “under” or “beneath” other elements or features would then be oriented “over” the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary term “under” can encompass both an orientation of over and under.
- the device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.
- the terms “upwardly”, “downwardly”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “lateral”, “transverse”, “longitudinal”, and the like are used herein for the purpose of explanation only unless specifically indicated otherwise.
- first and second may be used herein to describe various features/elements, these features/elements should not be limited by these terms, unless the context indicates otherwise. These terms may be used to distinguish one feature/element from another feature/element. Thus, a first feature/element discussed herein could be termed a second feature/element, and similarly, a second feature/element discussed herein could be termed a first feature/element without departing from the teachings of the present invention.
- An embodiment is an implementation or example of the present disclosure.
- Reference in the specification to “an embodiment,” “one embodiment,” “some embodiments,” “one particular embodiment,” or “other embodiments,” or the like, means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiments is included in at least some embodiments, but not necessarily all embodiments, of the invention.
- the various appearances “an embodiment,” “one embodiment,” “some embodiments,” “one particular embodiment,” or “other embodiments,” or the like, are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiments.
- the specification or claim refers to “a” or “an” element, that does not mean there is only one of the element.
- an additional element that does not preclude there being more than one of the additional element.
- a numeric value may have a value that is +/-0.1% of the stated value (or range of values), +/— 1% of the stated value (or range of values), +/- 2% of the stated value (or range of values), +/- 5% of the stated value (or range of values), +/— 10% of the stated value (or range of values), etc. Any numerical range recited herein is intended to include all sub-ranges subsumed therein.
- any method of performing the present disclosure may occur in a sequence different than those described herein. Accordingly, no sequence of the method should be read as a limitation unless explicitly stated. It is recognizable that performing some of the steps of the method in a different order could achieve a similar result.
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