US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Jan. 27 for "Conditioning roll tension control by header drive pressure" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,809, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Conditioning roll tension control by header drive pressure" was invented by Jeffrey Fay II (Oxford, Pa.), Kevin Hanson (Akron, Pa.), Kevin Cordes (Glenmoore, Pa.) and Samuel Anderson (Emlenton, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural crop conditioner comprising: a frame with a first conditioner roll rotatably mounted to the frame, and a second conditioner roll rotatably and movably mounted to the frame. A tensioner is connected between the frame and the second roll, and configured to generate a first force to bias the second roll toward...