Riding Floor Cleaning Machines Having Intelligent Systems, Associated Sub-Assemblies Incorporating Intelligent Systems, and Associated Methods of Use

A method for using an intelligent system with a riding floor cleaning machine, comprising the steps of:

• providing a riding floor cleaning machine having an intelligent system comprising a controller associated with a secondary electrochemical cell;
• selectively gathering, obtaining, monitoring, storing, recording, and/or analyzing data associated with components of the floor cleaning machine;
• and
• controllably communicating and/or disseminating data with at least one of another system and user.

A method for using an intelligent system with a riding floor cleaning machine, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining operational data for a riding floor cleaning machine having an intelligent system comprising a controller associated with a secondary electrochemical cell, the operational data being generated for any of a battery, a vacuum motor, a transaxle, and a brush motor of the riding floor cleaning machine;
• communicatively coupling the riding floor cleaning machine with a management server;
• querying the riding floor cleaning machine for operational data for any of the battery, the vacuum motor, the transaxle, and the brush motor;
• performing at least one operational data analysis process on the obtained operational data;
• and
• transmitting an alert message to an owner of the riding floor cleaning machine assembly if the operational analysis indicates that a threshold violating event has occurred.

A method for using an intelligent system with a riding floor cleaning machine, comprising the steps of:

• detecting a failure of a component of a riding floor cleaning machine assembly having an intelligent system comprising a controller associated with the secondary electrochemical cell during operation or startup of the riding floor cleaning machine assembly;
• establishing communication with a management server;
• and
• transmitting a fault message to the management server, the fault message comprising an indication as to the component that failed, wherein the component includes any of a battery, a vacuum motor, a transaxle, and a brush motor.