US Patent Issued to Textron Ground Support Equipment on May 13 for "Common chassis for ground support tractors" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,892, issued on May 13, was assigned to Textron Ground Support Equipment Inc. (Cartersville, Ga.).

"Common chassis for ground support tractors" was invented by Kevin Michael Ayotte (Acworth, Ga.), Micael David Ekstrom (Woodstock, Ga.), Evan Luke Kellams (Marietta, Ga.) and Soulaxay Phommavongsa (Acworth, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ground support tractor for providing ground support services at an airport. The ground support tractor has a cab forward configuration and a cab aft configuration. The ground support tractor includes a common chassis having a forward mounting location and an aft mounting location. A drivetrain and ...