US 12,082,524 B2
Autonomous lawn mower with edger and control method thereof
Fengli Zhao, Jiangsu (CN); Xiahong Zha, Jiangsu (CN); and Xiaoqing Zhou, Jiangsu (CN)
Assigned to Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co, Ltd., Suzhou (CN)
Appl. No. 17/058,983
Filed by Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd, Jiangsu (CN)
PCT Filed May 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/089315
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/228461, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201810540754.4 (CN), filed on May 30, 2018; and application No. 201811064195.0 (CN), filed on Sep. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0219488 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. A01D 34/00 (2006.01); A01D 34/416 (2006.01); A01D 34/64 (2006.01); A01D 34/84 (2006.01); A01D 43/16 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 34/008 (2013.01) [A01D 34/416 (2013.01); A01D 34/64 (2013.01); A01D 34/84 (2013.01); A01D 43/16 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous lawn mower comprising:
a housing, comprising a central axis in a longitudinal direction;
a movement module, mounted in the housing and configured to drive the housing to move;
a cutting module, mounted in the housing and configured to rotate about a first rotational axis to form a cutting region, the cutting module comprising a cutting element;
a cut-to-edge module, mounted in the housing and configured to rotate about a second rotational axis to form a cut-to-edge region, the cut-to-edge module comprising a cut-to-edge element, and the cut-to-edge element being different from the cutting element, wherein a projection of the cutting region at least partially overlaps with a projection of the cut-to-edge region; and
a control module, electrically connected to the movement module, the cutting module, and the cut-to-edge module, and configured to control the autonomous lawn mower to move and work, wherein the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis are respectively located on two sides of the central axis.