ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,143, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Fixing device" was invented by Javier Jose Perez (Pinto, Spain), Prashant Jundale (Pune, India) and Pratik Gandhi (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fixing device for a shaft sealing ring and transmission device having such a device. A fixing device for a shaft sealing ring is disclosed. Furthermore, a transmission device is disclosed, wherein the transmission device comprises a first transmission part which is rotatable about an axis of rotation, a sealing seat formed in the first transmission part, a shaft sealing ring fitted in the sealing seat and a sec...