US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on March 17 for "Dual mode joystick and work vehicles containing the same" (Iowa, North Carolina, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,754, issued on March 17, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Dual mode joystick and work vehicles containing the same" was invented by Giovanni A Wuisan (Epworth, Iowa), Ronald J. Huber (Denver, Iowa), Scott J. Breiner (Dubuque, Iowa), Douglas M. Van Meter (Cordova, Ill.), Jonathan E. Drum (Raleigh, N.C.) and Kevin A Wolff (Cedar Falls, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable track joystick device includes a joystick movably coupled to a support housing, the joystick having a first range of motion to control a first work vehicle function when the device is in a first mode of operation, and a second range of motion to...