US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on June 3 for "Undercarriage assembly for a work machine and method of use" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,368, issued on June 3, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Undercarriage assembly for a work machine and method of use" was invented by Michael R. Tigges (Dubuque, Iowa), Todd R. Simms (Peosta, Iowa) and Russell R. Reeg (Bettendorf, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine includes an undercarriage assembly. The undercarriage assembly includes a chassis and a ground-engaging mechanism for rotating around the chassis to move the work machine. A pair of rails is coupled to the chassis. A pair of sliders is coupled to a front-assembly. The sliders are aligned with the rails and movable relative to the rails to facilita...