US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Oct. 6 for "Adaptive eco mode" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,573, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Adaptive eco mode" was invented by Kathleen L. S. Roberts (Bettendorf, Iowa), Bradley C. Dauderman (Dubuque, Iowa) and Nathan J. Horstman (Peosta, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine having an attachment, a frame, an engine, a ground-engaging mechanism, and a hydrostatic transmission operable in an economy mode. The work machine includes a controller to automatically control detection of: an economy mode signal from the hydrostatic transmission and the engine being operable in an economy mode, a grade control signal from the attachment, and an engine lo...