US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Sept. 22 for "Header for an agricultural harvester having integral seed saver" (Pennsylvania, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,512, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Header for an agricultural harvester having integral seed saver" was invented by Stephen Todderud (Lancaster, Pa.), Jeff Thomas (Gordonville, Pa.) and Brian P. Crow (Andalusia, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A header for an agricultural harvester including an infeed conveyor having a fore end and an aft end, a center knife drive disposed adjacent to and forwardly of the infeed conveyor, and a knife drive cover covering the center knife drive. The knife drive cover includes a main body substantially covering an entire width of the center kni...