US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Feb. 17 for "Driveline for the reciprocating knives of a combine header" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,815, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Driveline for the reciprocating knives of a combine header" was invented by Maarten Ysebaert (Tielt, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combine header includes a header frame and a set of reciprocating knives. The combine header includes a driveline for driving reciprocating movement of the knives, the driveline including a transverse drive shaft, a bevel gearbox, a lateral drive shaft, and a transmission near the knives. The lateral drive shaft is coupled respectively to the bevel gearbox and the transmission by first and second universal j...