US Patent Issued to Kubota on Sept. 22 for "Mower drive belt tensioner and drive train of mower" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,488, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Mower drive belt tensioner and drive train of mower" was invented by Isaac Wood (Gainesville, Ga.), Brandon Pantas (Gainesville, Ga.), Amber Coen (Gainesville, Ga.) and Justin Mccallister (Gainesville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mower drive belt tensioner includes a shaft and an idler arm including a pulley support configured to rotatably support an idler pulley and a shaft support connected to the shaft. The shaft support protrudes from the shaft in a radial direction with respect to a central axis of the shaft. A flange is provided on the shaft and pr...