US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on April 22 for "Blade control assembly, lawnmower, and method for operating a blade control assembly" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,552, issued on April 22, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Blade control assembly, lawnmower, and method for operating a blade control assembly" was invented by Lawrence J. Lardieri (Greensboro, N.C.) and Scott J. Kaskawitz (Hillsborough, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blade control assembly for a lawnmower can include a controller configured to selectively transition between a sleep mode and an operational mode. The controller can be configured to transition from the sleep mode to the operational mode when the controller receives a first ON signal. The controller can be configured to cause a power source to transi...