US Patent Issued to AGCO on Sept. 29 for "Adjustable joint for example for a grain unloading system of a combine harvester" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,700, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to AGCO Corp. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Adjustable joint for example for a grain unloading system of a combine harvester" was invented by Nathan K. Ensminger (South Hutchinson, Kan.), Dino Rey Valdez (Hesston, Kan.), Bernard Dean Regier (Hesston, Kan.) and Bryan S. Claerhout (Hesston, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable joint is to be provided along a tube, such as a grain unloading tube of a combine harvester. A bearing system is provided between the facing end of first and second tubes. allowing a controllable bend to be provided between the first tube and the second tube. The bearing syst...