ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,582, issued on March 31, was assigned to CNH Industrial Canada Ltd. (Saskatoon, Canada).
"Coated agricultural metering component" was invented by Nathan Edwin Ablass (Martensville, Canada) and Jack R. Chappell (Saskatoon, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural metering system includes a metering system component, and the metering system component includes a substrate formed from a polymeric material. The metering system component further includes a coating disposed on the polymeric material of the substrate, in which the coating includes a metallic coating and/or a ceramic coating."
The patent was filed on Aug. 8, 20...