ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,470, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to AGCO Corp. (Duluth, Ga.).
"Spring shuttle return needle protection" was invented by Patrick L. Cherney (Hesston, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knotter assembly has a needle assembly configured to interact with knotter mechanisms to form knots in binding material. The needle assembly includes a plurality of needles and a needle frame on which each of the plurality of needles is mounted. A shuttle moves the needle frame such that the needles are shiftable relative to the baling chamber during a tie cycle. A needle drive assembly moves the shuttle between a full-throw position in which the...