ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,871, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Cleaning system with crop divider stroker array" was invented by Kiran Kumar Mayya (Pune, India), Yogesh N. Chande (Bettendorf, Iowa) and Kevin P. Hurley (Davenport, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning system for an agricultural combine harvester includes a pan and a crop divider. The pan includes a stepped floor to receive crop material thereon and is arranged for fore-aft reciprocating movement to advance the crop material in a crop-processing direction. The crop divider is mounted with the pan for fore-aft reciprocating movement therewith and exten...