ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,059, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to THE TORO COMPANY (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Electric motor assembly with card edge connector" was invented by Evan D. Sundry (Eagan, Minn.) and Christopher A. Stroth (Lakeville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power equipment apparatus may include a motor assembly including an electric motor, a motor controller, and a card edge connector. The electric motor may include a motor housing defining a cavity, a rotor disposed in the cavity, a stator disposed in the cavity, and a printed circuit board operatively coupled to the stator. The motor controller may include a controller housing, a printe...