US Patent Issued to Muncie Power Products on Sept. 22 for "PTO support bracket" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,531, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Muncie Power Products Inc. (Muncie, Ind.).

"PTO support bracket" was invented by James R. Abbott (Farmland, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to power takeoff devices (PTOs) useful for mounting on transmissions and for performing, directly or indirectly, useful work via the PTO's rotatable output shaft. More particularly, this disclosure relates to a PTO support bracket configured to support the PTO when a heavy auxiliary device is directly mounted thereto."

The patent was filed on Feb. 18, 2025, under Application No. 19/055,663.

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