ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,570, issued on March 11, was assigned to AGCO Corp. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Height-adjustable agricultural vehicles and methods of transferring loads therein" was invented by Jason Darwin Sieve (Jackson, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural vehicle includes a chassis, a plurality of ground-engaging elements configured to support the chassis above a ground surface, and a plurality of support assemblies supporting the chassis on the ground-engaging elements. Each support assembly includes a height-adjustment actuator. A controller is configured to adjust the height-adjustment actuators independently of one another and transfer...