ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,666, issued on March 25, was assigned to Greenman Machinery Co. (Beijing).

"Mowing cylinder cutter and lawn care tool driven by built-in outer rotor motor" was invented by Min Li (Beijing), Huichang Cao (Beijing) and Jinmei Liu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mowing cylinder cutter and a lawn care tool driven by a built-in outer rotor motor are provided. The cylinder cutter includes an outer rotor motor, blades and a reel. The blades are fixedly connected to the reel through support plates. At least one end of the reel is provided with the outer rotor motor. The outer rotor motor includes a stator assembly and an outer rot...