ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,102, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB (Eskilstuna, Sweden).
"Transmission arrangement" was invented by Per Mattsson (Solvesborg, Sweden) and Peter Johansson (Vaxjo, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission arrangement including a first planetary gear set comprising a first sun gear, a first ring gear and a first planet carrier; a second planetary gear set comprising a second sun gear, a second ring gear and a second planet carrier; a third planetary gear set comprising a third sun gear, a third ring gear and a third planet carrier; an input shaft being operatively connected to the second ...