ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,021, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to BPB Mediterranea S.A. (Villa Maria, Argentina).
"Tensioning sprocket to be applied to the row of a corn header" was invented by Gustavo Alejandro Boetsch (Villa Maria, Argentina).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tensioning sprocket designed to be mounted on the frame or row of a corn header of the type consisting of a control box (8) on which two drive gears (6) and (7) are mounted that generate the linear movement at the lifting chains (1) and (2), which maintain their adequate tension by action of the pair of tensioning sprockets (9) and (10) that are arranged on respective bearings (12) mount...