ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,976, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Steering arm return to neutral mechanism" was invented by Josean J. Martinez (Raleigh, N.C.) and Mark C. Jonak (Cary, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering arm return to neutral mechanism for a steering arm pivotable on a shaft between a forward drive position and a reverse drive position. A torsion spring around the shaft has a first leg providing a spring force against a pin extending from the steering arm to pivot the steering arm from the forward drive position back to a neutral position, and a second leg providing a spring force against the pin to ...