Locking device with forced unplugging of cutting deck
AssigneeHusqvarna AB
InventorDennis Nordquist
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Abstract
A riding yard maintenance vehicle includes a frame to which front wheels and rear wheels of the riding yard maintenance vehicle are attachable, a steering assembly configured to receive steering inputs by an operator of the riding yard maintenance vehicle, and a mounting assembly disposed at a front end of the riding yard maintenance vehicle to which a working assembly is attachable. The working assembly receives electrical power via a plug assembly and is configured to transition between a working position and a maintenance position while operably coupled to the mounting assembly. The mounting assembly includes a locking assembly configured to prevent the transition from the working position to the maintenance position while the plug assembly provides power to the working assembly.
Claims20
A mounting assembly for securing an electrically powered cutting deck to a riding yard maintenance vehicle, the mounting assembly comprising:
- an attachment frame comprising attachment rails disposed at a front of the riding yard maintenance vehicle;
- a coupling frame comprising coupling rails disposed at the cutting deck and configured to interface with the attachment frame;
- and
- a locking assembly configured to be operably coupled to at least a portion of both the attachment frame and the coupling frame,
- wherein the cutting deck is configured to transition between a working position and a maintenance position while operably coupled to the riding yard maintenance vehicle,
- wherein the locking assembly is configured to prevent the transition between the working position and the maintenance position while a plug assembly provides power to the cutting deck.
A riding yard maintenance vehicle comprising:
- a frame to which front wheels and rear wheels of the riding yard maintenance vehicle are attachable;
- a steering assembly configured to receive steering inputs by an operator of the riding yard maintenance vehicle;
- and
- a mounting assembly disposed at a front end of the riding yard maintenance vehicle to which a working assembly is attachable, the working assembly receiving electrical power via a plug assembly and being configured to transition between a working position and a maintenance position while operably coupled to the mounting assembly,
- wherein the mounting assembly further comprises a locking assembly configured to prevent the transition from the working position to the maintenance position while the plug assembly provides power to the working assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.