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US 10,589,670 B2Granted
Steering assembly indicator system for a lawn care or zero-turn vehicle
AssigneeHusqvarna AB
InventorSean Dwyer
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Abstract
A riding lawn care vehicle may include a steering assembly and an indicator system may be incorporated into a portion of the steering assembly. The steering assembly, which may be, for example, a steering lever on a zero-turn vehicle, is coupled to a mechanism to move at least one wheel, and the indicator system may includes at least one illuminating element and/or display device that is configured to visually communicate information to an operator in response to detection of a predetermined trigger or condition occurring.
Claims13
A zero-turn vehicle comprising:
- a first drive wheel;
- a second drive wheel configured to drive at a different speed or in a different direction than the first drive wheel;
- a first lever configured to at least partially control speed or direction of the first drive wheel;
- a second lever configured to at least partially control speed or direction of the second drive wheel;
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- an indicator system comprising:
- an illuminating element disposed at a first end of a grip portion of the first lever, wherein the illuminating element is configured to illuminate in response to detection of a predetermined trigger or condition thereby providing an alert to an operator, and
- a display screen disposed at a second end of the grip portion of the first lever and configured to present textual information about the alert,
- wherein the first end and the second end of the grip portion of the first lever are remote from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.