ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,654, issued on April 1, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Upper link for a three-point power lift of an agricultural tractor" was invented by Martin Heitlinger (Oestringen, Germany) and Achim Schibel (Heidelberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An upper link for a three-point power lift of an agricultural tractor including a cylindrical connecting sleeve, a first fastening element rotated into a first open end of the cylindrical connecting sleeve and configured to be attached to the agricultural tractor, a second fastening element rotated into a second open end of the cylindrical connecting sleeve and configured...