ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,751, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to FRANCE REDUCTEURS (Les Herbiers, France).

"Transmission casing, method for mounting same, and self-propelled vehicle provided with such a transmission casing" was invented by Remi Rousselot (Les Herbiers, France), Pierre Bru (Sevremoine, France) and Bastien Le Roch (Chanverrie, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Transmission box (1) comprising an output shaft (5) made of a single piece or at least two shaft sections (5A, 5B), said shaft being insertable into the box (2) in the closed state of the box (2) through at least one (3) of the openings (3, 4) referred to as the insertion opening (3)...