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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2022
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
William Sorenson, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Travis Ohms, Blue Grass, IA (US);
Craig E. Murray, Davenport, IA (US);
James Seedorf, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Kevin Hammer, Benson, MN (US);
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
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 includes a pivot shaft extending along the pivot axis. The pivot shaft has a drive input and a drive output that is spaced along the pivot axis from the drive input. The spreader assembly has one or more spreaders mounted to the pivot frame and configured to rotate about a respective spreader axis that is offset radially from the pivot axis, and a respective spreader drive input drivingly connected to each of the one or more spreaders. The power transmission operatively connects the pivot shaft drive output to each respective spreader drive input.