ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,527, issued on July 29, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Bubble up auger for combine harvester" was invented by Kyle Lensch (Bennett, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bubble-up auger assembly for an agricultural vehicle includes a rotatable shaft having flightings and a first connection end that is configured to be releasably engaged with an input shaft for rotating the rotatable shaft. A tube surrounds the rotatable shaft. A linkage guides movement of the auger assembly between a raised position and a lowered position. In the raised position, the connection end of the rotatable shaft is positioned...