US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Oct. 28 for "Electric row unit drive system for corn header of combine harvester" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,311, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Electric row unit drive system for corn header of combine harvester" was invented by Daniel Reed (Brownstown, Pa.) and Eric Walker (Narvon, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corn header for an agricultural vehicle includes two gathering chains which together draw plants into a snapping gap; two snap rolls positioned beneath the two gathering chains; a first brushless DC motor (BLDC) connected to at least one of the two gathering chains for moving the at least one of the two gathering chains; a chopping unit including a movable blade positioned ...