US Patent Issued to Davaus on Sept. 8 for "Harvester row unit impact absorbing and kernel retaining stalk gap rails" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,541, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Davaus LLC (Hoagland, Ind.).

"Harvester row unit impact absorbing and kernel retaining stalk gap rails" was invented by Austin D. Ehle (Fort Wayne, Ind.), David J. Hockemeyer (Hoagland, Ind.), Treg Shidler (Clay City, Ind.) and Andrew Fuelling (Decatur, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A harvester row unit comprises first and second deck plates having first and second stripping edges which are facing and spaced apart for defining a stalk gap therebetween, first and second gathering chains extending over the first and second deck plates and comprising a plurality of sweeping lugs which traver...