US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on March 31 for "Lift system for bubble up auger of combine harvester" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,598, issued on March 31, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Lift system for bubble up auger of combine harvester" was invented by Karl Linde (Leola, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bubble-up auger assembly for an agricultural vehicle includes an auger at least partially surrounded by an outer tube. A bracket is configured to be non-rotatably connected to a rockershaft of the agricultural vehicle for rotation about a first axis. A slide rod is connected to the outer tube and the bracket. The slide rod is configured to cause the auger to move between a raised position and a lowered position in respons...