Deere & Company

Nathan Joseph Hortsman

Giovanni Ananda Wuisan

Ronald James Huber

Daniel R Klein

Brent Allen Smith

Jed Douglas Polzin

Charles Jon Paul Asp

The present disclosure provides a control system for a machine having a transmission. The control system includes an open gate shift pattern having a plurality of defined positions disposed within an outer perimeter. Each of the defined positions corresponds to one of a plurality of forward and reverse ranges of the transmission. A control lever is movably disposed within the shift pattern. A first set of defined positions is aligned in the shift pattern corresponding to the plurality of forward ranges and a second set of defined positions is aligned in the shift pattern corresponding to the plurality of reverse ranges. The control lever is moveable in a single movement to any of the plurality of defined positions for selecting between a forward range and reverse range.

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Durango, IA, United States of America

Nathan Joseph Hortsman