ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,856, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Thrashmaster Concaves LLC (Brazoria, Texas).
"Universal threshing concave for an agricultural combine" was invented by Chad A. Koudela (Brazoria, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal threshing concave for an agricultural combine for harvesting different types of crops is disclosed. The threshing concave comprises a frame with a pair of opposite side members and opposite end members. The invention further comprises an array of threshing bars angled and notched along their longitudinal extent, and hexagonal in cross-section. Each bar is seated in openings in the end members of said fr...