US Patent Issued to MTD Products on Sept. 8 for "Hydrostatic pressure release apparatus for hydrostatic transmission" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,778, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MTD Products Inc (Valley City, Ohio).

"Hydrostatic pressure release apparatus for hydrostatic transmission" was invented by Noah Pawlaczyk (Valley City, Ohio), Adam Hiller (Jeromesville, Ohio) and Michael Gretchko (North Ridgeville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a valve actuator comprising a release key defining an actuation axis, the release key having an engagement feature adapted for engagement with a bypass valve, a release mount defining a surface coaxial with the actuation axis, and a release key disposed within the release mount and interior adapted to rotate about the ...