ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,559, issued on April 22, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).
"Harvesting unit for a harvesting machine" was invented by Laurent Le Brech (Le Poire-sur-Vie, France) and David Beleteau (Challans, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A harvesting unit including a chassis intended to be moved along rows of plants to be harvested, and a shaker system including a shaker device including: a drum operable to detach a crop from the plants, the drum including a drum shaft mounted for rotation on the chassis about a vertical axis and shaker organs mounted to the drum shaft; a rotational driving mechanism for the drum ...