US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Oct. 28 for "Agricultural header with inter-belt crop divider" (Iowa, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,312, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Agricultural header with inter-belt crop divider" was invented by Derek J. Franke (Davenport, Iowa), Matthew R. White (Geneseo, Ill.), Kelli L. Martin (Morton, Ill.) and Nicholas J. Keener (Geneseo, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural header comprises a first side draper belt, a second side draper belt, a first center draper belt, a second center draper belt, and a crop divider. The first and second center draper belts are positioned laterally between the first and second side draper belts which extend laterally outwardly in opposite directions away ...