ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,499, issued on June 9, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"System and method for detecting disk blade bearing failure on an agricultural implement" was invented by Brittany Schroeder (Bunker Hill, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural implement includes a disk blade assembly including a hanger, a first disk blade, and a second disk blade. Furthermore, the agricultural implement includes a fastener coupling the hanger to a frame member of the agricultural implement. Additionally, the agricultural implement includes a first load sensor configured to generate data indicative of a first load appli...