ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,492, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Hydro-Gear LP (Sullivan, Ill.).

"Stability control system" was invented by Alyn G. Brown (Indianapolis) and Anthony Joseph Lapp (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lawn mower having a control system, and a pair of driven wheels and a pair of electric motors for zero turn capabilities, is disclosed. The lawn mower has a steering wheel having a neutral wheel position. The control system includes one or more first sensors configured to collect orientation data of the lawn mower, a position sensor configured to detect a position of the steering wheel, memory for storing a target heading of the ...