ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,525, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to AGCO International GmbH (Neuhausen, Switzerland).
"Agricultural machine with additional axle" was invented by Erich Freytag (Sachsenried, Germany) and Christoph Heinritz (Marktoberdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural machine has a linkage system for hitching of an implement and an additional axle mounted to the linkage system. The linkage system includes at least one lift arm adjustably mounted to the chassis at an inner end and carrying a fastening device at an outer end. The additional axle is connected to at least one lift arm inboard of the fastening device. The li...