ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,019, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Electric mower" was invented by Franklin Woods (Gainesville, Ga.), Stephen Irvine (Gainesville, Ga.), Nicholas Peters (Gainesville, Ga.) and Akihito Mihara (Gainesville, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric mower includes: a body; a main battery on the body; and two inverters each configured to convert direct-current electric power from the main battery into alternating-current electric power, wherein the inverters are arranged laterally and each inclined downward in a laterally outward direction."
The patent was filed on Dec. 13, 2024, under Application N...