ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,926, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP (Anderson, S.C.).

"Assisted steering system for lawn maintenance vehicle" was invented by Jonathan R. Feldkamp (Anderson, S.C.), Grzegorz Kondro (Piedmont, S.C.), Robert T. Givens (Anderson, S.C.), Tanner Griffin (Overland Park, Kan.), Jeff Wilson (Olathe, Kan.) and Patrick Sanchez (Kansas City, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lawnmower including: a wheel; a motor operably coupled to drive the wheel; a user input configured to receive a steering control input from a user; and a controller configured to operate in a steering assist mode where the controller: receives ...