US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial Belgium on Aug. 4 for "Safety clutch for an agricultural vehicle" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,808, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to CNH Industrial Belgium N.V. (Belgium).

"Safety clutch for an agricultural vehicle" was invented by Bart Van Hullebusch (Knesselare, Belgium) and Sven Monbaliu (Zedelgem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety clutch for an agricultural vehicle includes a driven rotational element having a recess and a roller configured to be received in the recess. The roller is configured to move between positions depending on the relative torque between the roller and the driven rotational element such that the roller either drives rotation of the driven rotational element or does not. An actuator move...