US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Sept. 23 for "Sieve for an agricultural harvester including extruded sides with polymeric strips" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,221, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Sieve for an agricultural harvester including extruded sides with polymeric strips" was invented by Kris S. Vanhee (Deinze, Belgium), Michiel J. Vanderstichele (Merkem, Belgium) and Jonas F.G. Deprauw (Lauwe, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sieve for use in an agricultural harvester includes a framework with a pair of opposed side members. A plurality of overlapped louvres extend between the pair of opposed side members and are overlapped relative to each other. The opposed side members are each comprised of an extruded metal side membe...