ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,873, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Usines CLAAS France S.A.S (St. Remy/Woippy, France).
"Square baler" was invented by Volker Fuchs (Saarburg, Germany), Michael Schulte (Delbruck, Germany) and Robert Obermeier-Hartmann (Bad Driburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A square baler that includes at least one ram movably arranged in a pressing channel between end positions and a drivetrain which is designed to drive at least the ram. The drivetrain has a torque input connection through which torque is supplied to the drivetrain. The drivetrain includes a transmission device arranged downstream from the torque input connection a...