US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on Nov. 4 for "Gear shaft and internal combustion engine having a gear shaft" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,572, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Gear shaft and internal combustion engine having a gear shaft" was invented by Douglas S. Base (Ankeny, Iowa), Richard T. Hurban (Cedar Falls, Iowa) and Sachin W. Pawar (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internal combustion engine and a gear shaft includes a first axial side, a second axial side opposite from the first axial side, a radially outer surface, a gear interface at the radially outer surface, a central passageway extending axially from the first axial side to an internal junction, an upper passageway extending radially upward from the intern...