ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,193, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Transmission control system for lawnmower, a lawnmower, and method for transmission control of a lawnmower" was invented by Teegan L. Aldridge (Graham, N.C.) and Scott J. Kaskawitz (Hillsborough, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission control system and method for a lawnmower having a battery and an electric drive transmission that can include a propulsion motor and a propulsion motor driver. The control system can include a clutch lever, a speed lever, a cable connected to the clutch lever and the speed lever, a hall sensor in electrical communication w...