US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on Oct. 28 for "Mower cutting unit lift system with flexible link" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,308, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Mower cutting unit lift system with flexible link" was invented by Chris M. Georgoulias (Apex, N.C.), Brent G. Rinholm (Fuquay Varina, N.C.) and Bryce A. Carnahan (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mower cutting unit lift system includes a rotary motor connected to a power supply and turning an output shaft connected to a bell crank. A flexible link between the bell crank and a lift arm is used to lift a cutting unit to a transport position if the rotary motor turns the output shaft and the bell crank in a first direction, and lower the cutting ...