US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on June 23 for "Electric powertrain having interaxle electric power transfer" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,015, issued on June 23, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Electric powertrain having interaxle electric power transfer" was invented by Roger W. Burjes (Cedar Falls, Iowa), Michael A. Holland (Conrad, Iowa) and Clayton P. Neumann (Cedar Falls, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric powertrain for a work vehicle including a first electric machine connected to a first axle, a second electric machine connected to a second axle, a battery connected to the first and second electric machines, a brake connected to the second axle, an actuator connected to the brake, and a controller configured to operate the first electr...