US Patent Issued to THE TORO on March 17 for "Grounds maintenance vehicle with traction and steering control system" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,485, issued on March 17, was assigned to THE TORO COMPANY (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Grounds maintenance vehicle with traction and steering control system" was invented by Peter M. Arendt (Richfield, Minn.) and Jackie R. Gust (Northfield, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A traction and steering control system and method for a small- or zero-radius-turning maintenance vehicle. The traction and steering control system may determine operator intended speed and direction by monitoring positions of speed and directional control members and one or more operational parameters of the vehicle. The vehicle may then generate drive wheel speed ...