ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,203, issued on April 15, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).
"Agricultural header with laser measurement of reel distance" was invented by Robert D. Crandall (Lancaster, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A header (110) for an agricultural harvester (100) includes: a frame (201); a cutter bar (111) carried by the frame; a otatable reel (112) movably coupled to the frame and having a plurality of tines (211); a target (310) associated with the reel such that movement of the reel causes a corresponding movement of the target; and a laser system (320) including a light emitter directed at the target. The laser ...