US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on June 30 for "Fault detection by analysis of coupled pressure and depth for ground-engaging components" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,039, issued on June 30, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Fault detection by analysis of coupled pressure and depth for ground-engaging components" was invented by Christopher Schoeny (Minooka, Ill.) and Trevor Philip Stanhope (Oak Lawn, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system includes a position sensor configured to monitor a position of a piston associated with a fluid cylinder and a pressure sensor configured to monitor a fluid pressure inside the fluid cylinder. The control system includes a controller configured to receive signals from the position sensor and the pressure sensor to dete...