ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,738, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Cotton picker spindle with replaceable tip" was invented by Brandon C. Carlson (Ankeny, Iowa), Sanjeev M. Hallale (Pune, India), Matthew C. Roney (Ankeny, Iowa), Charles F. Ostermeier (Slater, Iowa), Hema V. Guthy (Moline, Ill.), Hector Portillo (Monterrey, Mexico) and Mohamad El-Zein (Bettendorf, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spindle assembly includes a spindle nut having a cylindrically shaped bore and a threaded portion that engages a threaded opening in a cotton picker bar. The spindle assembly further includes a first friction reducing element dispo...