ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,741, issued on May 27, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).
"Vehicle with debris shield" was invented by David Booth (New Holland, Pa.), Michael Braun (New Holland, Pa.) and Aaron Onken (New Holland, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a frame, a tractive element coupled to the frame, an engine coupled to the frame and configured to drive the tractive element, and a debris shield coupled to the frame. The debris shield at least partially defines at least one of a left side or a right side of an engine compartment containing the engine. The debris shield includes an outer frame coupled to th...