Deere was granted a patent for zero-turn mower cruise control.

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  "detected_at": "2026-09-30T16:54:32+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "John Deere",
    "domain": "deere.com"
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        "code": "B62D 11/02",
        "label": "Motor vehicles; trailers (steering)"
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      "Automation",
      "Machinery"
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    "detail": "In September 2026 Deere patented cruise-control technology for riding zero-turn mowers, helping maintain travel speed while operators steer across lawns and grounds.",
    "summary": "Deere was granted a patent for zero-turn mower cruise control.",
    "event_at": "2026-09-29",
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    "source_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12746970",
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    "patent_title": "Zero turn mower cruise control system",
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    "uspto_assignee": "Deere & Company",
    "patent_abstract": "A ZTR mower cruise control system comprising a pair of motion control levers coupled to drives that rotate rear drive wheels at a velocity. A pair of front wheels that are pivoted to steering angles corresponding to any difference between the positions of the levers. A position sensor positioned to provide a signal based on the position of the levers. A controller configured to receive the signal, receive an operator input corresponding to an activation of a cruise control mode, maintain the steering angles at a current position, receive an updated position of the levers from the position sensor after a change in the position of at least one of the levers, maintain the steering angles at an updated position and receive an operator input corresponding to a deactivation of the cruise control mode and cease maintaining the steering angles.",
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    "technologies_mentioned": [
      "zero-turn mowers",
      "cruise control",
      "vehicle steering",
      "position sensors"
    ]
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