US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Sept. 30 for "Swing-out spreader for agricultural combines" (Iowa, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,538, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Swing-out spreader for agricultural combines" was invented by William Sorenson (Bettendorf, Iowa), Travis Ohms (Blue Grass, Iowa), Craig E. Murray (Davenport, Iowa), James Seedorf (Bettendorf, Iowa) and Kevin Hammer (Benson, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural vehicle spreader system having a fixed frame, a pivot frame, a pivot joint connecting the pivot frame to the fixed frame for movement about a pivot axis between an operation position and a service position, a spreader assembly, and a power transmission. The pivot joint inc...