US Patent Issued to MTD Products on May 19 for "Maintenance apparatus with conditional motor drive for caster wheels" (Washington, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,732, issued on May 19, was assigned to MTD Products Inc (Valley City, Ohio).

"Maintenance apparatus with conditional motor drive for caster wheels" was invented by Jay Maggard (Polk, Ohio) and Zachary A. Lyzen (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Selectively powered caster wheels for a maintenance apparatus are described. A motor attached to the caster wheel(s) can be selectively powered to apply force to the caster wheel. This force can be selected to overcome another force sensed at the maintenance apparatus, or to steer the maintenance apparatus on a desired course or direction. The caster wheels can be configured to orient alon...