US Patent Issued to MTD PRODUCTS on July 21 for "Isolator and suspension assembly for riding equipment" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,305, issued on July 21, was assigned to MTD PRODUCTS INC (Valley City, Ohio).

"Isolator and suspension assembly for riding equipment" was invented by Philip Helin (Peninsula, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biasing element provides suspension between a pivoting component and a support area of a riding outdoor power equipment vehicle, and can include a body compressible between a default unbiased orientation and a compressed orientation. The body can include annular portions having a radially outer main portion circumscribing radially inner portions. The radially inner portions being vertically spaced apart when the body is in t...