US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Dec. 2 for "Headland grain capture sequence for agricultural vehicle header" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,481, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (Germany).

"Headland grain capture sequence for agricultural vehicle header" was invented by Jeffrey Trowbridge (Stevens, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for capturing grain on a header of an agricultural vehicle either before, during or after raising the header in a headland sequence. The header includes (i) a cutter bar, (ii) either an auger or belt positioned adjacent the cutter bar, (iii) a reel positioned at an elevation above the cutter bar, and (iv) a device that is configured to adjust a gap between the reel and the cutter bar. During a ha...