ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,241, issued on July 14, was assigned to Reed International (Modesto, Calif.).
"Coupling for hydraulic motor" was invented by Kevin Clark (Modesto, Calif.), Jeffrey Reed (Modesto, Calif.) and Douglas Hogue (Modesto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an improved coupling system between a differential of a vehicle and a hydraulic motor including mating flanges having complementary ridges and troughs that interengage with each other, and a plurality of splines on the motor drive shaft that engage with interior teeth on the flanges. The couplings of the present invention are particularly useful for opera...