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Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 06, 2022
Applicant:

Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Reed, Brownstown, PA (US);

Eric Walker, Narvon, PA (US);

Assignee:

CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 45/02 (2006.01); A01D 41/127 (2006.01); A01D 69/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 45/021 (2013.01); A01D 69/02 (2013.01); A01D 41/127 (2013.01);
Abstract

A corn header for an agricultural vehicle includes two gathering chains which together draw plants into a snapping gap; two snap rolls positioned beneath the two gathering chains; a first brushless DC motor (BLDC) connected to at least one of the two gathering chains for moving the at least one of the two gathering chains; a chopping unit including a movable blade positioned beneath the snap rolls for fragmentizing stalks of the plants drawn into the snapping gap; and a second BLDC connected to the chopping unit for moving the blade and fragmentizing the stalks of the plants.


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