Textron Innovations was granted a patent for location-based golf vehicle controls.

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  "detected_at": "2026-09-30T16:48:21+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "Textron",
    "domain": "textron.com"
  },
  "data": {
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      {
        "code": "A63B 55/61",
        "label": "Apparatus for physical training, gymnastics, ball games, training equipment"
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      "Research & Development",
      "Automation",
      "Mobility"
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    "detail": "In September 2026 Textron Innovations patented technology for automatically changing golf vehicle functions near designated locations, with exemptions for vehicles that should retain their current settings.",
    "summary": "Textron Innovations was granted a patent for location-based golf vehicle controls.",
    "event_at": "2026-09-29",
    "inventors": [
      {
        "name": "Nicholas Alexander Hoffman",
        "status": "unresolved",
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      {
        "name": "Brianna Danielle Harrington",
        "status": "unresolved",
        "is_primary": false
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      {
        "name": "Matthew Jacob Noftsger",
        "status": "unresolved",
        "is_primary": false
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    "tech_area": "fitness equipment",
    "event_kind": "grant_date",
    "grant_date": "2026-09-29",
    "source_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12746439",
    "cpc_primary": {
      "code": "A63B 55/61",
      "label": "Apparatus for physical training, gymnastics, ball games, training equipment"
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    "patent_title": "Location-based function control for a vehicle",
    "patent_number": "US12746439",
    "uspto_assignee": "Textron Innovations LLC",
    "patent_abstract": "A golf vehicle system includes a golf vehicle including an auxiliary system. The golf vehicle system further includes at least one processing circuit configured to: detect that the golf vehicle is in proximity to a location of interest associated with an automated modification of a function of the auxiliary system from a first state to a second state; determine whether an automated modification exemption applies to the golf vehicle for the location of interest; upon determining that the automated modification exemption applies to the golf vehicle, maintain the function of the auxiliary system in the first state; and, upon determining that the automated modification exemption does not apply to the golf vehicle, modify the function of the auxiliary system from the first state to the second state.",
    "precision_class": "structural",
    "invention_explanation": "A golf vehicle detects when it reaches a specified place and changes an auxiliary function unless that vehicle is exempt from the automatic change.",
    "technologies_mentioned": [
      "golf vehicles",
      "location-based control",
      "vehicle automation"
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  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"textron.com","limit":20}'