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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2021
Agco Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Jared J. Koch, Hesston, KS (US);
AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
Technologies for controlling operating clearance between a concave assembly and a crop processing rotor of a combine harvester can be automated. The technologies can include a device configured to estimate respective dimensions of kernels of a crop harvested by a combine harvester as well as determine boundary conditions for the operating clearance based on the estimated respective dimensions of the kernels. Also, the boundary conditions are related to respective central core sizes (such as respective cob sizes) which can be determined based on the estimated respective dimensions of the kernels. The determination can include deriving the boundary conditions from a table including correlations between kernel dimensions and central core sizes, and the table can be enhanced by a feedback loop. The operating clearance can be automatically adjusted according to the determined boundary conditions and some additional factors such as a debris-to-kernel ratio in an output of the harvester.