ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,519, issued on July 28, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Agricultural vehicle having an actively variable swath gate position" was invented by Jeffrey B. Fay II (Oxford, Pa.), Garin R. Ingalls (Lititz, Pa.) and Kevin Cordes (Glenmoore, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural machine system includes: a mower-conditioner machine including a mower-conditioner machine frame, a plurality of conditioner rolls coupled with the mower-conditioner machine frame, and a pivotable swath gate coupled with the mower-conditioner machine frame; a control system operatively coupled with the mower-conditioner m...