US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on Aug. 19 for "Apparatus and method of removing a transmission from an articulated work vehicle" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,319, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Apparatus and method of removing a transmission from an articulated work vehicle" was invented by Jared E. VerDught (Cedar Falls, Iowa), Dennis A. Bowman (Denver, Iowa), Jacob J. Foxen (Parkersburg, Iowa), Jade E. Bender (Waterloo, Iowa), Jason L Pedersen (Waverly, Iowa) and Kurt M. Schmitz (Jesup, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An articulated work vehicle includes a front portion including a front set track assemblies, a rear portion including a rear set track assemblies, a power source installed in the front portion, a transmission installed in the front ...