US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on April 22 for "Dual variable feeder drive for agricultural vehicle" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,556, issued on April 22, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Dual variable feeder drive for agricultural vehicle" was invented by Adam L. Hession (Davenport, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural vehicle includes a feederhouse having a first output shaft that is configured to be connected to a header, and a second output shaft that is also configured to be connected to the header. The first and second output shafts are configured to be operated at different rotational speeds on the feederhouse for driving different header drives on the header at different speeds."

The patent was filed on July...