US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on July 7 for "Architecture for multiple power source work vehicle powertrain" (Kansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,547, issued on July 7, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Architecture for multiple power source work vehicle powertrain" was invented by Kyle K. McKinzie (Oswego, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powertrain for a work vehicle includes an engine and a transmission. The transmission includes a continuously variable power source (CVP), and a variator that is operably connected to the engine and the CVP. The variator includes a first planetary gear set and a second planetary gear set. A range shaft has a range shaft output gear secured thereto and an output shaft has an output shaft gear driven by the range shaft outpu...