US Patent Issued to Briggs & Stratton on May 6 for "User-scalable power unit including removable battery packs" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,091, issued on May 6, was assigned to Briggs & Stratton LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"User-scalable power unit including removable battery packs" was invented by Jeffrey Zeiler (Pewaukee, Wis.), Robert John Koenen (Pewaukee, Wis.), Jacob Schmalz (Milwaukee), Albert Liu (Dongguan, China), Nick Zeidler (Brookfield, Wis.), Scott Funke (New Berlin, Wis.) and David Procknow (Elm Grove, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A riding lawn mower comprising, a pair of rear drive wheels, a pair of front wheels, a deck positioned between the pair of front wheels and the pair of rear drive wheels, a rotatable cutting blade, and multiple battery packs re...