US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on April 21 for "Combine harvester with near infrared grain sensor" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,805, issued on April 21, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Combine harvester with near infrared grain sensor" was invented by Tom N.N. Somers (Maria Aalter, Belgium), Steven G.M. Van Overbeke (Maldegem, Belgium), Michiel Vanderstichele (Merken, Belgium) and Pieter Vandevelde (Sint Michiels Brugge, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combine harvester including a grain elevator for transporting and elevating harvested grain. The grain elevator includes a paddle loop, a driver, an elevator housing, and a sensor assembly. The paddle loop has a plurality of paddles for carrying the harvested grain. The...