US Patent Issued to MTD Products on June 23 for "Method for controlled motor speed reduction and mechanism for controlling motor speed reduction" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,529, issued on June 23, was assigned to MTD Products Inc (Valley City, Ohio).

"Method for controlled motor speed reduction and mechanism for controlling motor speed reduction" was invented by Maynard S. Guadiz (Strongsville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-powered motor braking mechanism includes a dedicated power source sized for braking the respective motor and a dedicated braking circuitry configured to provide hybrid braking of the motor to a targeted stop. The motor braking circuitry is configured, in the event of a loss of primary power driving the motor, to provide a combination of two or more of dynamic braking, ac...