US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Nov. 25 for "Moveable panel for bypassing chopper of agricultural vehicle" (Belgian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,979, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Moveable panel for bypassing chopper of agricultural vehicle" was invented by Tim Passchyn (Sint-Michiels, Belgium), Gilles Mommerency (Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium) and Nathan Isaac (Lancaster, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural harvester includes a chassis, and a residue handling system that receives a chaff flow and a residue flow into a flow passageway of the chassis. The residue handling system includes a chopper, a shroud at least partially surrounding the chopper, a spreader, and a moveable door panel assembly that is configured ...