US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Dec. 2 for "Breakaway rigid header height control system" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,474, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Breakaway rigid header height control system" was invented by Blaine Robert Noll (Fleetwood, Pa.) and Joel Timothy Cook (Akron, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rigid height control system configured to be coupled to a header includes a rigid arm pivotally coupled to a shaft. The rigid arm includes an upper end and a lower end, wherein the lower end is configured to engage a ground surface. The rigid height control system includes a metal channel guide coupled to the shaft and a magnet embedded within the rigid arm adjacent the upper end. The ma...