US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on Nov. 3 for "Apparatus and method for maintenance access on a work machine" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,465, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Apparatus and method for maintenance access on a work machine" was invented by Praful A. Kolte (Pune, India) and Mansi I. Kadam (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine includes a frame, a cab, and a hinge mechanism coupling the cab to the frame and enables rotation of the cab upwards to expose a frame surface with an access assembly for accessing the internal components. The access assembly includes a pair of brackets coupled to the frame and a removable cover panel. The brackets are positioned adjacent an access aperture on the frame surface. T...