ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,931, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Harvester implement with conditioning impeller having a chopping function" was invented by Emmanuel R. Magisson (Zweibrucken, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A harvesting machine includes a frame structure. A cutter is coupled to the frame structure for cutting standing crop material. A conveyor rotor is rotatable about a rotor axis relative to the frame structure, and includes a plurality of drivers mounted to an exterior surface of the conveyor rotor. A discharge hood is mounted to the frame structure above the conveyor rotor. The conveyor rotor is conf...