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US 11,375,659 B2Granted
Lawnmower having a blade with adjustable flaps
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomoki Ito, Hideaki Kobayashi, Koji Kuriyagawa, Hajime Yoshimura
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Abstract
A lawn mower includes a cutter blade having flaps and a flap drive mechanism. The flap drive mechanism includes a flap drive source and an intermediate power transmission unit. The intermediate power transmission unit is provided on a power transmission path between the flap drive source and the flaps and provided coaxially with a blade rotation axis. An output axis of a motor is provided coaxially with a blade rotation axis and the intermediate power transmission unit.
Claims12
A lawn mower comprising:
- a motor having an output axis;
- a cutter blade that is rotatably driven by the motor and includes
- a blade body that is rotatable about a blade rotation axis and
- a flap that has a changeable flap angle and is attached to the blade body, and
- a flap drive mechanism configured to drive the flap,
- wherein
- the flap drive mechanism comprises:
- a flap drive source that generates power for driving the flap;
- and
- an intermediate power transmission unit provided on a power transmission path between the flap drive source and the flap and provided coaxially with the blade rotation axis,
- the output axis of the motor is provided coaxially with the blade rotation axis and the intermediate power transmission unit.
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