US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Sept. 8 for "Multi-segment header for an agricultural harvester" (Pennsylvania, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,538, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Multi-segment header for an agricultural harvester" was invented by Joel T. Cook (Akron, Pa.), Cory M. Conway (Maquoketa, Iowa), James Kopp (Mount Joy, Pa.) and Blaine R. Noll (Fleetwood, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-segment header (102) for an agricultural harvester comprising a multi-segment chassis (150) having a longitudinal support beam (152), an auger (156) extending widthwise across the multi-segment chassis (150) and adjacent the longitudinal support beam (152), and a backsheet extension (160) mounted to a posterior end of th...