US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America, CNH Industrial Brasil on Nov. 18 for "Cleaning assembly for an auger of an agricultural header" (Brazilian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,533, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.) and CNH Industrial Brasil Ltda. (Nova Lima, Brazil).

"Cleaning assembly for an auger of an agricultural header" was invented by Stephen Todderud (Lancaster, Pa.), Renato Alves Ribeiro Junior (Curitiba, Brazil) and Laercio Flis (Curitiba, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning assembly for an auger of an agricultural header includes at least one lug configured to extend axially outwardly beyond an axial end of a shaft of the auger. The at least one lug is configured to engage crop material positioned between the axial end of the shaft and a...