ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,326, issued on July 1, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).
"Method for vehicle with repositionable ballast" was invented by Daniel Payne (Westmont, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a vehicle includes receiving at least one of (a) load data indicating a torque on an axle assembly of the vehicle, (b) an indication of a type of an implement that is coupled to the vehicle, or (c) a selection by an operator of an operating mode for the vehicle from a list of operating modes. The vehicle includes a ballast and a ballast actuator that is configured to reposition the ballast. The method furt...