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US 12,677,737 B2Granted
Lawnmowers
AssigneeTechtronic Cordless GP
InventorsJonathan Feldkamp, Shuai Shao, Nikolas Mika, Stephen Frost, Denis Ogiyenko, Grzegorz Kondro, Matt Lambert, Joseph Aydt
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Abstract
Lawnmowers are provided. A lawnmower includes a frame; a walking element coupled to the frame; a motor selectively powering the walking element; and a user interface comprising a joystick configured to control a direction of travel, a speed of travel, or both of the lawnmower.
Claims20
A lawnmower comprising:
- a frame;
- a walking element coupled to the frame;
- a motor coupled to the frame, the motor selectively powering the walking element;
- a user interface comprising:
- a lever having a home position and being moveable from the home position;
- a base having a relatively fixed position with respect to the frame, the base defining an area configured to receive the lever such that the lever is accessible by an operator of the lawnmower;
- and
- a detection system configured to detect relative movement of the lever and communicate the detected movement to a processor which controls a direction of travel of the lawnmower in response to the detected relative movement of the lever,
- wherein the lever is moveable from the home position in an X-direction, a Y-direction, a clockwise rotational direction, and a counter-clockwise rotational direction.
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A user interface for a lawnmower, the user interface comprising:
- a lever having a home position and being moveable from the home position;
- a base having a relatively fixed position with respect to a frame of the lawnmower, the base defining an area configured to receive the lever such that the lever is accessible by an operator of the lawnmower;
- and
- a detection system configured to detect relative movement of the lever and communicate the detected movement to a processor which controls a direction of travel of the lawnmower in response to the detected relative movement of the lever,
- wherein the lever is moveable from the home position in at least two directions, the two directions being selected from of a group consisting of an X-direction, a Y-direction, a clockwise rotational direction, and a counter-clockwise rotational direction,
- wherein moving the lever in a Z-direction controls at least one aspect of the lawnmower, the at least one aspect being selected from a group consisting of enabling the motor, disabling the motor, engaging a parking brake of the lawnmower, and disengaging the parking brake, and wherein the Z-direction is oriented parallel to a length of the lever.
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A lawnmower comprising:
- a frame;
- a walking element coupled to the frame;
- a motor selectively powering the walking element;
- a user interface comprising a joystick configured to control a direction of travel, a speed of travel, or both of the lawnmower, wherein movement of the joystick is dampened by one or more dampeners;
- and
- a foot pedal configured to control an aspect of movement of the lawnmower.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.