US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Sept. 9 for "Suspension compliance to reduce frame loading" (Iowa, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,822, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Suspension compliance to reduce frame loading" was invented by Bryan R. Yanke (Eldridge, Iowa), Duane M. Bomleny (Geneseo, Ill.), Andrew J. Braet (Moline, Ill.), Michael L. Vandeven (Princeton, Iowa) and Paul D. Marvin (DeWitt, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A harvesting system includes a header pivotally attached to a combine. The header includes a center section to which a left wing and right wing are pivotally attached. A suspension system of the harvesting system includes first and second engageable states that enable dynamic wing behavior and reduce struc...