ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,188, issued on April 15, was assigned to AGCO Corp. (Duluth, Ga.).
"In-line tandem axle assembly" was invented by Benjamin Anson Fanshier (Hesston, Kan.), Ross Duerksen (Hesston, Kan.) and Douglas J. Grollmes (Hesston, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, an in-line tandem axle assembly comprising: a tandem wheel arm; a pair of wheel connecting assemblies, each comprising a hub and a spindle; a pair of mounts coupled respectively to the pair of wheel connecting assemblies; a pair of wheels coupled respectively to the pair of wheel connecting assemblies, the pair of wheels separated by the tandem wheel arm and in a sa...