ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,767, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).
"Threshing system and chopper for combine harvester" was invented by Jason L. Shonk (Lancaster, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combine (20) harvester includes a cage (32') at least partially surrounding a rotor (28') for threshing crops in the space (34) between the cage (321) and the rotor (28'). An auger (302) is at least partially positioned within the cage (32') and is connected to the rotor (28') for rotating therewith. The auger (302) includes vanes (312) for transporting crop from the rotor (28') and towards an outlet of the cage (32')...