ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,523, issued on June 9, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Consistent flow windguard for agricultural baler" was invented by Ryan Sanders (Ephrata, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural baler includes a chassis, a bale chamber supported by the chassis, and a pickup with a windguard assembly. The windguard assembly includes a rotating front roller with spaced-apart channels disposed circumferentially on the exterior surface of the front roller and a tine bar configured to be arranged above the front roller. The tine bar has spaced-apart tines that extend downwardly from the tine bar, wrap around...