ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,177, issued on June 3, was assigned to MTD PRODUCTS INC.
"Sensor system and sensing method for an autonomous device" was invented by Christopher J. Churavy (Lakewood, Ohio) and Ayala Raanan (Raanana, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An obstruction sensing system for an autonomous device can include a chassis including a drive system for movement relative to a working surface, a shell resiliently mounted to the chassis and movable relative to the chassis in response to a force applied to the shell, a sensor assembly comprising a single sensor disposed on the chassis and a magnet disposed on and movable with the shell in response t...