ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,632, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Concave assembly with cover mechanism" was invented by Garrick W. Herbst (Bettendorf, Iowa), Michal Kocis (Martin Zilina, Slovak Republic), Martin Kollar (Martin Zilina, Slovak Republic) and Jesus Landinez (Salt Lake City).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A concave assembly for an agricultural combine harvester comprises a concave, a cover, and a cover actuator. The concave comprises a grate. The cover has an opened position uncovering at least a portion of the grate to allow crop flow through the at least the portion of the grate and a closed position covering the...