US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Dec. 2 for "Crop ramp with belt guide roller for a header of an agricultural harvester" (Pennsylvania, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,482, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Crop ramp with belt guide roller for a header of an agricultural harvester" was invented by Jeffrey Thomas (Gordonville, Pa.) and Collin Wenstrom (Davenport, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crop ramp for a header of an agricultural harvester including a curved plate having an outer surface over which cut crop passes and an inner surface. The crop ramp further includes a roller support extending rearwardly from the curved plate and a roller supported for rotation by the roller support. The roller has an outer circumferential surface configured ...