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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:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Inventors:
James M. Gessel, Geneseo, IL (US);
Jaclyn Raetzman, Lemont, IL (US);
Joel T. Cook, Lititz, PA (US);
Nicholas J. Laufenberg, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Jay D. Schroeder, Coal Valley, IL (US);
Assignee:
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 45/02 (2006.01); A01D 43/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 45/021 (2013.01); A01D 43/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A header for an agricultural harvester includes a plurality of row units, a plurality of feed/snapping units, and a plurality of chopping units. Each feed/snapping unit is associated with a respective said row unit and operable at a first operating speed. Each chopping unit is associated with at least one respective feed/snapping unit and operable at a constant second operating speed, independent of the first operating speed.