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US 10,292,326 B2Granted
Mower driven by electric motors
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsShota Tanabe, Koji Kuriyagawa, Satoshi Onodera, Hajime Yoshimura
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Abstract
In a mower (10) driven by a pair of electric motors (15), a battery (16) for supplying electric power to the electric motors is positioned in a space surrounded by the electric motors and a chute (30) for forwarding grass clippings to a grass collection bag (23). The chute extends rearward with an upward slant, and is bent in side view in such a manner that a lower part has a steeper incline than an upper part thereof.
Claims4
A mower, comprising:
- a main body;
- a blade housing depending from the main body and having an open lower end;
- at least one cutting blade supported in the blade housing in a rotatable manner in a horizontal plane;
- an engine mounted on the main body for driving the cutting blade;
- a grass collection bag attached to a rear end of the main body;
- a chute extending in a fore and aft direction rearward with an upward slant to communicate an interior of the blade housing with an interior of the grass collection bag;
- a pair of rear wheels provided in a rear part of the main body;
- a pair of electric motors mounted in a rear part of the main body and connected to the respective rear wheels in a power transmitting relationship;
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- a battery for supplying electric power to the electric motors and positioned under the chute in a space surrounded by the electric motors and the chute,
- wherein the chute is bent in a middle part thereof corresponding to the position of the battery in side view such that a concave side thereof opposes the battery which is positioned centrally with respect to a lateral direction, and
- wherein each side of the chute is in direct contact with a side of a corresponding one of the electric motors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.