ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,193, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Transmission unit, transmission arrangement, and agricultural towing vehicle" was invented by Stefan Raisch (Vaihingen/Enz, Germany), Rainer Gugel (Plankstadt, Germany), Frank Buhrke (Birkenau, Germany) and David Mueller (Dettenheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission unit for a drivetrain of an agricultural towing vehicle including a first clutch, a second clutch, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, and an output shaft, wherein the first clutch is connected to the first input shaft and the second clutch is connected to the second input...