US Patent Issued to Carl Geringhoff on July 22 for "Cutting mechanism with cutting elements which are mounted in a height-elastic manner" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,195, issued on July 22, was assigned to Carl Geringhoff GmbH & Co. KG (Ahlen, Germany).

"Cutting mechanism with cutting elements which are mounted in a height-elastic manner" was invented by Steffen Sudhues (Ahlen, Germany), Dirk Webermann (Senden, Germany), Raphael Stuckmann (Drensteinfurt, Germany), Jochen Scharmann (Warendorf, 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 mount the cutting elements in a height-elastic manner in order to allow the cutter bar to be guided as close to the base as possible and in the process reduce the risk of damage in the event of contact...