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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2012
Applicant:
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Inventors:
Monte Weller, Frankfort, IL (US);
David Flamme, Winfield, IL (US);
Scott Long, Plainfield, IL (US);
Marvin Prickel, Homer Glen, IL (US);
Assignee:
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 19/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seed meter drive system includes a clutch having a toolless fastener configured to selectively couple the clutch to a downstream component. The clutch is configured to receive a rotational input via a flexible drive shaft, and to drive the downstream component in rotation while the clutch is engaged.