US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on June 24 for "Knife insert and retract with independent knife protection of agricultural baler" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,453, issued on June 24, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Knife insert and retract with independent knife protection of agricultural baler" was invented by Jonathan Shenk (Lititz, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural baler includes: a frame; a feeder system coupled with the frame and including: a cutting assembly coupled with the frame and including: at least one knife configured for cutting a crop material; an overload protection mechanism associated with a single one of the at least one knife and including a pivot device including an engagement device including an offset configuration; an...