ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,603, issued on July 7, was assigned to Textron Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Configurable lift actuator for lawn mower cutting unit" was invented by William Christopher Dickson (Stowmarket, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting assembly for a mower includes a cutting unit comprising a plurality of blades; a lift arm including a float plate, wherein the cutting unit is connected to the lift arm via a yoke and wherein a slot is provided in the float plate; a lift actuator comprising a lift pin disposed in the slot; and a control system for selectively controlling a position of the lift actuator; wherein the position of the ...