US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Oct. 28 for "Hydraulic cleaning fan drive for combine harvester utilizing swing-arm actuated pump" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,310, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Hydraulic cleaning fan drive for combine harvester utilizing swing-arm actuated pump" was invented by Travis Ohms (Blue Grass, Iowa), Craig Murray (Davenport, Iowa) and John Bradley Wickizer (Davenport, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for selectively activating a cleaning fan of a combine harvester. The assembly includes a hydraulic pump for distributing power to the cleaning fan. The hydraulic pump is movably connected to a fixed point, and is configured to move between first and second positions. The hydraulic pump has an input p...