US 11,690,318 B2
Deck height control system
Joseph C. Conrad, Okeana, OH (US); and Matthew C. Conrad, Okeana, OH (US)
Assigned to Generac Power Systems, Inc., Waukesha, WI (US)
Filed by Mean Green Products, LLC, Hamilton, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/656,194.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/746,658, filed on Oct. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0120866 A1, Apr. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. A01D 34/74 (2006.01); A01D 34/00 (2006.01); A01D 34/78 (2006.01); A01D 69/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 34/74 (2013.01) [A01D 34/008 (2013.01); A01D 34/78 (2013.01); A01D 69/02 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery-operated mower comprising:
a chassis;
a deck connected to the chassis and positioned at a first height;
an electric actuator connected to the deck and configured to vertically displace the deck from the first height to a second height;
a control panel including a deck system module that connects to the actuator, the deck system module capable of signaling the actuator to displace the deck a particular deck distance and direction necessary to achieve the second height during operation of the mower, the deck system module having a deck height memory; and
a control connected to the deck system module and capable of signaling the particular deck distance and direction to the deck system module during operation of the mower,
wherein the deck system module is configured to store the first height in the deck height memory and to return the deck to the first height when a first displacement signal in a first direction is followed by a sustained second displacement signal in a second direction opposite the first direction;
and wherein a first time the mower traverses a cutting path, the deck height memory is configured to store a particular location along the cutting path at which the deck is vertically displaced to a particular height, and to signal the deck system module to displace the deck to the particular height when the mower reaches the particular location another time the mower traverses the cutting path.