ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,851, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Shifting apparatus and towing vehicle" was invented by Matthias Lang (Mannheim, Germany), Thomas Busold (Bruehl, Germany), Mario Kaiser (Mannheim, Germany), Karl Pfeil (Frankenthal, Germany), Volker Kegel (Mannheim, Germany), Joerg Frech (Mutterstadt, Germany) and David Mueller (Dettenheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a shifting apparatus for shifting gear stages of a vehicle transmission. The shifting apparatus comprises at least one selector rod which is translationally movable along a shifting direction and the two rod free ends...