ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,198, issued on July 22, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Chopper system with wear indicator" was invented by Yogesh V. Malani (Janephal Tehsil Mehkar, India), Guy Burch (Thibodaux, La.) and Todd J. Rodrigue (Thibodaux, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chopper system for a sugarcane harvester comprises a chopper and a wear indicator. The chopper comprises a first chopper drum, a second chopper drum, and a timer. The timer has an operational configuration in which a first timer portion and a second timer portion are operatively connected to one another to coordinate rotation of the first and second chopper drums and a t...