Patents Assigned to One John Deere Place
  • Patent number: 10457092
    Abstract: A wheel weight assembly for a vehicle that has a wheel hub. The wheel weight assembly includes a wheel weight and a mounting assembly. The wheel weight includes a mounting aperture that defines a fixed axis. The mounting assembly is positioned in the mounting apertures and pivots relative thereto. The mounting assembly includes a hook and a rotator. The hook is positioned laterally inboard of the wheel hub, while the rotator is positioned laterally outboard of the wheel weight and is coupled to the hook. The rotator is configured to rotate the hook from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the hook not engaged with the wheel hub, but in the second position, the hook is engaged with the wheel hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE
    Inventors: Digvijay Bhosale, Benjamin J. Heimbuch
  • Publication number: 20140150589
    Abstract: The splines of a connection between a connecting collar and transmission input shaft includes a main lubrication oil passage extending axially through an input gear in alignment with a blind bore provided in a wall of a compartment containing the input gear and a second gear meshed with the input gear and partially immersed in an oil reservoir defined by a lower region of the compartment. An oil capture recess is located in a wall region above the blind bore and adjacent a roller bearing supporting one side of the input gear. A bypass lubrication oil passage connects the capture recess to the blind bore. An oil transfer tube is carried by a sheet metal cup mounted in a circular recess joining the blind bore and has opposite ends positioned in the main lubrication oil passage and the blind bore. The bypass passage bypasses the roller bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: One John Deere Place
    Inventors: Donald O. Johannsen, Denis J. Roling