ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,307, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Rotary cutter-bar with blade sensor" was invented by Darin L. Roth (Batavia, Iowa) and Joshua D. Graeve (Ottumwa, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mower implement includes a cutter bar extending along a central bar axis. A rotating blade assembly is mounted on the cutter bar. The rotating blade assembly includes a disc rotatable about a disc rotation axis relative to the cutter bar, and at least one blade pivotably mounted to the disc. A blade sensor is mounted on the cutter bar. The blade sensor has a sensing field, and is positioned to detect movement of ...