Massey-ferguson Inc.

Lawrence J Stone

Richard J Wells

Thomas M Denny

An improved console for a tractor or the like, the console being of the type carrying various instrumentation and controls. The console includes a relatively thick support member provided with at least one generally flat surface surrounding a plurality of openings with which various light emitting devices are associated and at least one aperture covered by a support panel to which various controls may be secured. The outer surface of the support panel is in line with the surface and a translucent sheet having symbols printed thereon is secured to the surfaces and with the symbols overlying the light emitting devices in the openings.

Backlighted instrument console for a tractor

Tractor console

An articulated vehicle having forward and rearward frame sections connected together for relative movement about a vertical axis during steering and for oscillation or twisting about a horizontal axis during movement on uneven terrain in which the drive train is supported in such a manner that the angles of displacement of universal connections between drive shafts are maintained at equal angles for all angles of articulation and oscillation.

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Livonia, MI, United States of America

Lawrence J Stone