ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,118, issued on March 3, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Draft link for a three-point hitch" was invented by Prafull R. Undure (Ichalkarnji, India), Sanjeev M. Hallale (Pune, India) and Ganesh T. Jadhav (Sonai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A draft link for a three-point hitch includes a longitudinal component, a first attachment end, a second attachment end, and a connector positioned on the second attachment end. The connector includes a first pin positioned within a first aperture of the connector and a second pin positioned within a second aperture of the connector. A first end of the first pin extends thro...