ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,289, issued on May 27, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Pickup belt header finger guide ramp" was invented by Snehalrao Jadhav (Satara, India), Glenn E. Pope (Viola, Ill.), Aniruddha Patankar (Pune, India), Duane M. Bomleny (Geneseo, Ill.), Aaron S. Ritter (Milan, Ill.) and Bradley K. Yanke (Eldridge, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pickup belt headers may include a ramp disposed in a gap formed between a first endless belt of a pickup belt assembly and a second endless belt of a transfer belt assembly. Fingers may be provided on the first endless belt, and the fingers may be deflected, such as by pivoting or bending,...