Lawn mower starter system
AssigneeBriggs & Stratton Corporation
InventorsJason A. Hansen, Robert Koenen, David W. Procknow, Stephen J. Lavender, Jason D. Elvers
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Abstract
A lawn mower includes an internal combustion engine, a rotary tool driven by the internal combustion engine, an electric motor coupled to the internal combustion engine and configured to start the internal combustion engine, a receiving port mounted to the internal combustion engine, an energy storage device configured to be selectively inserted into and removed from the receiving port without tools, a first user interface, and a second user interface, wherein the electric motor starts the internal combustion engine upon actuation of the first user interface and the second user interface.
Claims12
A lawn mower, comprising:
- an internal combustion engine;
- a rotary tool driven by the internal combustion engine;
- an electric motor coupled to the internal combustion engine and configured to start the internal combustion engine;
- a receiving port mounted to the internal combustion engine;
- an energy storage device configured to be selectively inserted into and removed from the receiving port without tools;
- a first user interface;
- and
- a second user interface;
- wherein the electric motor starts the internal combustion engine upon actuation of the first user interface and the second user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.