Patent ID: 11968925
Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 11:
12. The method of claim 1, wherein removing the ears of corn from the corn plants in the field includes: engaging the corn plants in the field with a corn header of the combine harvester; and removing, by the corn header, the ears of corn from the corn plants, as the combine harvester moves through the field; and
wherein separating the corn kernels from the cobs of the ears of corn onboard the combine harvester includes: receiving, at a feeder unit of the combine harvester, the separated ears of corn from the corn header; moving, by the feeder unit, the separated ears of corn to a threshing unit of the combine harvester; and directing, by a rotor of the threshing unit, the separated ears of corn through a housing of the threshing unit having multiple concaves and multiple separating grates disposed along a length of the housing to thereby separate the corn kernels from the cobs of the ears of corn.