US Patent Issued to Parker-Hannifin Corportion on Sept. 1 for "Electric motor with integrated self-supporting spindle and air cooling features for a mower" (Tennessee, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,263, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Parker-Hannifin Corportion (Cleveland).

"Electric motor with integrated self-supporting spindle and air cooling features for a mower" was invented by Jason S. Richardson (Chuckey, Tenn.), Todd A. Link (Gray, Tenn.), Randall D. Thompson (Lancaster, S.C.) and Kyle J. Merrill (Chuckey, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example assembly includes: a housing having a motor housing portion and a spindle housing portion, wherein the spindle housing portion comprises a central tube; an electric motor disposed within the motor housing portion of the housing, wherein the electric motor has a rotor; ...