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Innovation at the system level

Protected by more than 40 patents covering how field operations work together — not just individual components.
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A Patented System

Most agricultural patents protect individual mechanisms.​

Tribine’s patents protect how harvesting, mobility, grain handling, and residue management are integrated into one coordinated system in the field.
That distinction is what makes the system difficult to replicate.
Harvesting:

A Protected Foundation

Tribine Harvester Features Diagram
Integrated Harvesting Architecture
  • Dual-engine configuration
  • Coordinated crop flow from front to back
  • Integrated grain handling and unloading
Mobility & Field Interaction
  • Articulated chassis
  • Rear and compound steering
  • Low ground impact with 4 large floatation tires
Material Flow & Residue Management
  • Side discharge choppers
  • Wide distribution at high throughput
  • Designed for large headers and scale
Operator Control & System Coordination
  • Integrated electronic control systems
  • Single-operator system management
  • Coordinated subsystems instead of separate machines
These patents protect how the machine works as a whole under real field conditions.
Harvesting:

A Protected Foundation

Tribine Harvester Features Diagram
Number 1
Largest rotor in industry with 270° of concave wrap​
Number 2
Dual adjustable choppers can spread up to 60ft wide
Number 3
1,000 bu grain tank with unload rate of >8.5 bu/sec
Number 4
All time 4WD, with low ground impact
Integrated Harvesting Architecture
  • Dual-engine configuration
  • Coordinated rotor, concave, cleaning, and residue flow
  • Integrated grain handling and unloading
Mobility & Field Interaction
  • Articulated chassis
  • Rear and compound steering
  • Low ground impact through reduced passes
Material Flow & Residue Management
  • Side discharge choppers
  • Wide distribution at high throughput
  • Designed for large headers and scale
Operator Control & System Coordination
  • Integrated electronic control systems
  • Single-operator system management
  • Coordinated subsystems instead of separate machines
These patents protect how the machine works as a whole under real field conditions.

Recent patents to expand the system

Tribine has recently secured patents for the elements that enable tilling and planting, as well as for harvesting multiple crops with a universal head.​
Rear module for seedbed preparation and planting
(US 12,329,048 B2)
Protects an articulated combine with a rear module that performs seedbed preparation and planting as part of the same system.​

Extends field operations while maintaining a single coordinated pass.​

Development stage: prototype in testing
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Rear module for seedbed preparation
Seedbed preparation mechanism
(US 2024/0114830 A1)
Protects how soil preparation is performed in coordination with harvesting.​

Designed to preserve residue cover while reducing the need for separate tillage passes.​

Development stage: prototype in testing
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Seedbed preparation mechanism
Universal crop head
(US 12,274,206 B2)
Protects a crop head designed to operate across multiple crop types while maintaining consistent material flow.​

Reduces dependence on specialized headers.​

Development stage: design
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Universal crop head
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Tribine is a field machinery system designed to harvest, plant, and fertilize with fewer machines and fewer passes— driving higher farm profitability on large-scale farms.​
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