ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,484, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Dynamic resistance generator for square baler" was invented by Nathan A. Chaney (Bloomfield, Iowa) and Christopher L. Bradshaw (Sherrard, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A baler implement may include a frame, a first panel, a plunger, and a hook mechanism. The frame has a central longitudinal axis. The first panel partially forms a compression chamber for compressing crop therein. The plunger is operable to reciprocate within the compression chamber to provide a compressive force to compress crop material in the compression chamber into a flake against a plura...