Electrically powered, universal accessory drive
AssigneeHusqvarna AB
InventorAnders Flygare
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Abstract
A modular drive assembly may include an electric motor, a housing at least partially enclosing the motor, an electronic connection assembly configured to electrically couple the electric motor to a host device, and an accessory attachment assembly configured to mechanically couple the modular drive assembly to an accessory to operate a working assembly of the accessory using only electrical power provided from the host device. The accessory attachment assembly may be configured to be releasably attached to the accessory and at least one other accessory of a different type than the accessory.
Claims20
A modular drive assembly comprising:
- an electric motor;
- a housing at least partially enclosing the motor;
- an electronic connection assembly configured to electrically couple the electric motor to a host device;
- and
- an accessory attachment assembly configured to mechanically couple the modular drive assembly to an accessory to operate a working assembly of the accessory using only electrical power provided from the host device via a purely electrical interface,
- wherein the accessory attachment assembly is configured to be releasably attached to the accessory and at least one other accessory of a different type than the accessory,
- and wherein the host device comprises a riding yard maintenance vehicle.
A riding yard maintenance vehicle comprising:
- a frame to which wheels of the riding yard maintenance vehicle are attachable;
- and
- a steering assembly operably coupled to one or more of the wheels of the riding yard maintenance vehicle to provide steering inputs to the one or more of the wheels by an operator of the riding yard maintenance vehicle,
- wherein the riding yard maintenance vehicle is configurable as a host device responsive to operable coupling of an attachment and a modular drive assembly to the frame of the riding yard maintenance vehicle,
- wherein the modular drive assembly comprises:
- an electric motor;
- a housing at least partially enclosing the motor;
- an electronic connection assembly configured to electrically couple the electric motor to the host device;
- and
- an accessory attachment assembly configured to mechanically couple the modular drive assembly to the accessory to operate a working assembly of the accessory using only electrical power provided from the host device via a purely electrical interface,
- wherein the accessory attachment assembly is configured to be releasably attached to the accessory and at least one other accessory of a different type than the accessory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.