ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,087, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH (Harsewinkel, Germany).
"Combine harvester with shredder" was invented by Ulrich Claes (Halle/Westfalen, Germany) and Manuel Elpmann (Salzkotten, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combine harvester. The combine harvester includes a separating device for separating grain and straw and a shredding device downstream from the separating device for shredding a straw portion discharged from the separating device. The shredding device comprises a chopping rotor which is rotationally driven about an axis oriented transversely to an infeed direction of the...