ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,676, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).
"Locking mechanism for the suspension assembly of a harvester and agricultural harvester" was invented by Nicholas S. Shane (Rock Island, Ill.), Daniel Christopher Dallman (Eldridge, Iowa), Giuliano da Costa Maestro (Piracicaba, Brazil), Daenio Cleodolphi (Piracicaba, Brazil) and Marco Aurelio Ramos Pereira (Piracicaba, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking mechanism for a suspension assembly of a harvester, particularly those intended for the harvest of tall and stem plants, such as sugarcane and sweet sorghum, being designed to ensure tha...