US Patent Issued to Graco Minnesota on Jan. 27 for "Electric driver for wheeled ground surface modifying machine" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,961, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Graco Minnesota Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Electric driver for wheeled ground surface modifying machine" was invented by Joshua D. Roden (Blaine, Minn.), Tyler J. Kruzel (Otsego, Minn.), James C. Schroeder (Ramsey, Minn.), Mark D. Shultz (Fridley, Minn.) and David M. Larsen (Albertville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery powered driver for propelling a wheeled ground surface modifying machine includes at least one wheel contacting a ground surface, a battery powered electric motor, control circuitry configured to manage delivery of electrical battery power to the electric motor to contro...