ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,522, issued on Aug. 5.
"Harvester header having a segment control system" was invented by Cory D. Hunt (Millersville, Pa.), Glenn Aesaert (Izegem, Belgium) and Jeffrey C. Trowbridge (Stevens, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A header of a harvester includes a header segment, a center section, an actuator coupling the header segment to the center section, and a controller. The header segment includes a cutter bar configured to cut crops and the header segment includes a first portion of a conveyor assembly. The center section includes a second portion of the conveyor assembly, in which the center section is configured to receive crop...