US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Sept. 1 for "Ground pressure feedback sensor system for controlling header float" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,255, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Ground pressure feedback sensor system for controlling header float" was invented by Jeff Thomas (Gordonville, Pa.), Joel T. Cook (Akron, Pa.), Cory Douglas Hunt (Millersville, Pa.), Jethro Martin (Ephrata, Pa.) and Joseph Woelfling (Landisville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for dynamically operating a header float system of an agricultural vehicle having a header movably mounted to a frame of the agricultural vehicle by an actuator. The method includes: determining a target ground reaction force between the header and a ground surf...