ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,845, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Adaptive cutting system, a lawnmower including same, and method for adjusting a lawnmower" was invented by Vincent Andrew Prinzo (Greensboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adaptive cutting system for a electric lawnmower including a battery, a motor, a controller, a drive assembly, and a blade. The controller can be configured to adjust at least one of a cutting height of the blade and a ground speed output by the drive assembly based on a predetermined run time and a state of charge of the battery."

The patent was filed on Dec. 16, 2021, under Applicati...