US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on March 17 for "Dynamic transmission disengagement for a vehicle based on current conditions in a work cycle" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,015, issued on March 17, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Dynamic transmission disengagement for a vehicle based on current conditions in a work cycle" was invented by Ethan H. Delp (Dubuque, Iowa), Jake J. Baker (Peosta, Iowa), John B. Luedtke (Dubuque, Iowa) and David F. Rindfleisch (Dubuque, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for selectively enabling transmission state disengagement in a transport vehicle equipped with a transmission operable among multiple states. The method involves receiving signals from various sources: a propulsion control unit indi...