ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,981, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AGCO International GmbH (Neuhausen, Switzerland).
"Residue spreader for a combine harvester" was invented by Patrick Lorriette (Clermont, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A residue spreader for receiving crop residue from a residue chopper of a combine harvester and for spreading crop residue onto the ground. The spreader includes a spreader body having an inlet and an outlet side, and left and right groups of deflectors, each deflector pivotally mounted on the spreader body in juxtaposed position and configured to laterally deflect the crop residue between the inlet side and the outlet si...