US Patent Issued to CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA on Aug. 18 for "System and method for cab entry step linkage and control" (Minnesota, North Dakota, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,225, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"System and method for cab entry step linkage and control" was invented by Chad Sietsema (Barnesville, Minn.), Brandon Smith (Casselton, N.D.), John T. Rasset (Barnesville, Minn.) and Garrett Lee (New Holland, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a platform and a staircase moveable between a retracted state and an extended state. The staircase has steps including a retractable step and a support segment. A linkage system includes an actuator that moves the staircase from the retracted and extended state, a sensor detecting the stair...