US Patent Issued to Parker-Hannifin on Nov. 3 for "Zero turning radius vehicle and drive system for zero turning radius vehicle" (Tennessee, South Carolina, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,307, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Parker-Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland).

"Zero turning radius vehicle and drive system for zero turning radius vehicle" was invented by Jason Richardson (Chuckey, Tenn.), Randall Thompson (Chuckey, Tenn.), Roger Gray (Greeneville, Tenn.), Ryan Press (Clover, S.C.) and Steven Huard (New Ulm, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive system for a zero turning radius (ZTR) vehicle includes a steering control and a sensor configured to receive a position of the steering control. A damper is coupled to the steering control and is configured to apply a selectable amount of resistive force to the steering ...