ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,889, issued on July 15, was assigned to Carl Geringhoff GmbH & Co. KG (Ahlen, Germany).
"Cutting unit having a multi-part height-adjustable reel" was invented by Steffen Sudhues (Ahlen, Germany) and Michael Pokriefke (Hude, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The aim of the invention is to increase the feed rate of the cutting unit while achieving lower costs. This aim is achieved, according to the invention, in that at least two reel support arms (26) supporting a reel part (24a, 24b, 24c) are interconnected, for conjoint rotation, by means of a torsion shaft (30a, 30b), the reel support arms (26a, 26b, 26c, 26d) and the torsion ...