US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on March 3 for "Split topshaft sprocket for agricultural headers" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,135, issued on March 3, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Split topshaft sprocket for agricultural headers" was invented by Cale Boriack (Litiz, Pa.) and Nathan E. Isaac (Lancaster, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feeder housing shaft sprocket segment comprising: a sprocket segment body (300) extending in a circumferential direction around a center axis (A) from a leading edge (304) to a trailing edge (306), wherein the leading edge (304) and trailing edge (306) subtend a segment angle about the center axis (A), the segment angle being a first unit fraction of 360deg; an outer sprocket perimeter (30...