Patents Assigned to CHN Industrial America LLC
  • Patent number: 10264727
    Abstract: A row unit for a header of an agricultural harvester is provided that includes a first longitudinally extending stripping plate and a second longitudinally extending stripping plate each mounted on a frame and each having opposed stripping edges which define a gap between the first stripping plate and the second stripping plate. The row unit includes both operator-selected macro adjustment of the gap and automatic micro adjustment of the gap. The micro adjustment occurs on both deck plates. The micro adjustment is achieved through resilient members positioned functionally between the deck plates and the row unit frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: CHN Industrial America, LLC
    Inventors: James M. Gessel, Joel Cook, Eric Walker, Michael Berggren, Fred Hubach, Brian Crow
  • Publication number: 20170238467
    Abstract: A row unit for a header of an agricultural harvester is provided that includes a first longitudinally extending stripping plate and a second longitudinally extending stripping plate each mounted on a frame and each having opposed stripping edges which define a gap between the first stripping plate and the second stripping plate. The row unit includes both operator-selected macro adjustment of the gap and automatic micro adjustment of the gap. The micro adjustment occurs on both deck plates. The micro adjustment is achieved through resilient members positioned functionally between the deck plates and the row unit frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: CHN Industrial America, LLC
    Inventors: James M. Gessel, Joel Cook, Eric Walker, Michael Berggren, Fred Hubach, Brian Crow
  • Patent number: 9433151
    Abstract: A caster wheel assembly of a pickup for an agricultural machine, comprising a wheel on a carrier shaft mounted rotatably within a bushing of a pickup arm. The wheel is biased by a spring to be oriented in a predetermined direction relative to the pickup arm. The spring is a helical spring mounted coaxially with the carrier shaft between the wheel and the pickup arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: CHN Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Lukasz Ziembicki