US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on June 2 for "Variable pitch fan belt failure prediction system and method" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,794, issued on June 2, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Variable pitch fan belt failure prediction system and method" was invented by Sarvesh Aundhkar (Kolhapur, India), Darren J. Cruchelow (Ankeny, Iowa), Logan K. Trueblood (Port Byron, Ill.) and Todd E. Van Hal (Eldridge, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable pitch fan system for an agricultural machine includes an engine, a fan, a pulley assembly and a controller. The engine powers the agricultural machine, including by driving rotation of a drive wheel of the pulley assembly. The fan includes a plurality of blades having variable pitch. The pulley assembly inc...