US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on June 17 for "Power-split axle drive, agricultural vehicle, and method for operating a power-split axle drive" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,501, issued on June 17, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Power-split axle drive, agricultural vehicle, and method for operating a power-split axle drive" was invented by Rainer Gugel (Plankstadt, Germany), David Mueller (Dettenheim, Germany) and Jens Letscher (Albessen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power-split axle drive for an agricultural vehicle including a first additional drive element, a first vehicle axle, a second vehicle axle, and a primary drive element for providing a torque which via a first shaft is able to be transmitted to a primary transmission. The primary transmission is connected to the ...