ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,041, issued on March 24, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).
"Forage harvester equipped with a crop pick-up header" was invented by Simon Beelaert (Adegem, Belgium), Jeffrey Blancke (Markegem, Belgium), Stijn Van Belleghem (Maldegem, Belgium) and Pieter Willems (Maldegem, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a harvester/header combination according to the invention, the header is a crop pick-up header (2) coupled to a forage harvester (1). The header comprises a frame (10) and a rotatable reel (13) configured to collect crops from the ground, a rotatable auger (20) provided with two oppositely wound h...