ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,817, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).
"Vehicle with adjustable hitch" was invented by Jerry L. Brinkley (Woodridge, Ill.) and Matthew Klopfenstein (Chenoa, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a frame, a hitch coupled to the frame, a cylinder positioned to move the hitch relative to the frame, the cylinder having a first chamber and a second chamber, and a fluid system fluidly coupled to the cylinder. The fluid system includes an action select valve reconfigurable between a single-acting configuration and a double-acting configuration. The fluid system is configured...