ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,527, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Kondex Corp. (Lomira, Wis.).
"Concave with adjustable openings" was invented by Andrew J. Theisen (Fond du Lac, Wis.), Keith A. Johnson (West Bend, Wis.), Neal J. Stoffel (Campbellsport, Wis.) and Joseph W. Schaffer Sr. (Colgate, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A concave section for a harvester includes a concave body having an upstream side, a downstream side, a leading end and a trailing end. The concave body defines an arcuate crop engagement face facing radially inwardly. A plurality of crop passage openings are defined through the arcuate crop engagement face. A cover is configured to at...