US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Sept. 16 for "Off-road vehicle with a dual-hinge hood assembly" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,573, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Off-road vehicle with a dual-hinge hood assembly" was invented by Lorenzo Gomez (New Holland, Pa.), Michael Braun (New Holland, Pa.), Doug Waco (New Holland, Pa.), Robert Neubauer (New Holland, Pa.) and Russell Cederberg (New Holland, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An off-road vehicle includes a frame coupled to one or more tractive elements, a cab supported on the frame, and a hood assembly coupled to the frame. The hood assembly includes a first hood coupled to the frame by a first hinge assembly and a second hood coupled to the frame by a...