US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on Dec. 23 for "Hybrid or electric-only transaxle arrangement for work vehicle" (Kansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,945, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Hybrid or electric-only transaxle arrangement for work vehicle" was invented by Randall L. Long (Coffeyville, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work vehicle transaxle arrangement includes a main shaft; at least one transaxle gear assembly; a differential drive shaft; a first electric machine configured to drive rotation of the differential drive shaft such that mechanical power is distributed through the differential to the axle half-shafts; a second electric machine; a PTO shaft; and a hydraulic pump. In a hybrid configuration, the main shaft is configured ...