ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,461, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to AGCO International GmbH (Neuhausen, Switzerland).
"Forage harvesters" was invented by Andreas Brockmann (Marktoberdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive system for a forage harvester is disclosed. In a forage harvester having a prime mover (10), a chopper drum (4) driven from the prime mover (10) via a drive train, and feed rolls (34,36), the drive system comprises a clutch (24) operable between an engaged condition connecting the chopper drum (4) to the prime mover (10) and a disengaged position in which the chopper drum (4) is disconnected from the prime mover, a first hydraulic...