ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,557, issued on April 22, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).
"Piston lock system for agricultural equipment" was invented by Tim Oliebos (Eke, Belgium), Stijn Bailliu (Eernegem, Belgium) and Bjorn Depoortere (Zwevezele, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piston lock system comprising: a cylinder, a rod receiver fixed to the cylinder, a piston slidably mounted to the cylinder, and a rod fixed to a free end of the piston and extending parallel to the piston to be located within the rod receiver. The piston and rod are movable relative to the cylinder and rod receiver between a retracted position and an e...