ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,416, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Continuously variable transmission" was invented by Matthias Lang (Mannheim, Germany), David Mueller (Dettenheim, Germany) and Frank Buhrke (Birkenau, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuously variable transmission has an input shaft, an output shaft, an intermediate shaft connected to the output shaft and to the input shaft via one or more tooth engagements, a variator transmission arranged on the intermediate shaft, a hydrostatic transmission, a housing, and a bearing plate. The housing at least partially encloses the input shaft, the output shaft, and...