US Patent Issued to Hydro-Gear on June 2 for "Drive and control system for an electrically-powered lawn mower" (Illinois, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,002, issued on June 2, was assigned to Hydro-Gear LP (Sullivan, Ill.).

"Drive and control system for an electrically-powered lawn mower" was invented by Nathan W. Bonny (Shelbyville, Ill.), Ryan S. Buescher (Neoga, Ill.) and Henry J. Hansen (Zionsville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically-powered lawn mower includes electric drives that power the wheels of the mower. Each drive includes an electric motor disposed in a housing that drives a motor shaft connected to a pinion gear. Rotation of the motor shaft causes rotation of an output axle having an axis of rotation that is offset from and parallel to the motor shaft a...