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Needle frame yoke and arm assembly for agricultural machine

US11412662B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Deere & Company · US

Inventors

Sanjeev M. Hallale · Pune, IN
Mohamad S. El-Zein · Bettendorf, US
Nathan F. Tortorella · Bettendorf, US
Hema V. Guthy · Moline, US
Sankaran Subramaniam · Farmington, US
Hector Portillo · Monterrey, MX
Darin L. Roth · Ottumwa, US
Mark A. Pieper · Ottumwa, US
Todd Aeschliman · Ottumwa, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 1, 2019
Grant date	Aug 16, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 18, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA01F2015/143
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An agricultural harvesting machine includes a binding mechanism to secure binding material around a crop package and a delivery device to wrap binding material around a portion of the crop package and provide binding material to the binding mechanism. The delivery device includes a needle connected to a needle frame. The needle frame includes a yoke connected a first arm.

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