US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Feb. 10 for "Flex arm belt support for a header of an agricultural harvester" (Iowa, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,647, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Flex arm belt support for a header of an agricultural harvester" was invented by Eric Fredricks (Davenport, Iowa), Jeffrey Thomas (Gordonville, Pa.) and Joseph Russell Woelfling (Landisville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A header for an agricultural harvester including an endless belt conveyor and a flex arm disposed between upper and lower runs of the endless belt conveyor. The flex arm includes an elongate beam having an upper surface, and a roller extending above the upper surface of the elongate beam for contacting the upper run of the e...