ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,985, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).
"Active deck plate opening" was invented by Eric Fredricks (Daveport, Iowa), Matthew D'Amicantonio (Jonestown, Pa.), Bryan B. Finley (Bettendorf, Iowa), Eric L. Walker (Narvon, Pa.) and Lane Darrow (Marietta, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural harvester includes: a harvester frame; an agricultural header coupled with the harvester frame, the agricultural header including a plurality of deck plates; and a control system operatively coupled with the harvester frame and the agricultural header, the control system including: at least on...