Patents by Inventor Bertrand Leguillette

Bertrand Leguillette has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Rear discharge mower unit and lawn tractor
    Patent number: 6431305
    Abstract: A rear discharge mower unit (50) with a mower housing (55) defining grass clippings flow paths for directing grass clippings rearward. The mower unit includes a power transmission mechanism for rotating a center blade (58) and a second side blade (60) in one direction and a first side blade (59) in the other direction, a center baffle (63) extending around a rotational axis of the center blade and defining a center flow path (69a) for feeding grass clippings to a grass clippings outlet (66), a first side baffle (64) extending around a rotational axis of the first side blade (59) and defining a first side flow path (69b) for feeding grass clippings to the grass clippings outlet (66), and a second side baffle (65) extending around a rotational axis of the second side blade (60) and defining a second side flow path (69c) for feeding grass clippings to the center flow path (69a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Shozo Ishimori, Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Cristophe Auvergne, Bertrand Leguillette
  • Rear discharge mower unit and lawn tractor
    Patent number: 6038840
    Abstract: A rear discharge mower unit (50) with a mower housing (55) defining grass clippings flow paths for directing grass clippings rearward. The mower unit includes a power transmission mechanism for rotating a center blade (58) and a second side blade (60) in one direction and a first side blade (59) in the other direction, a center baffle (63) extending around a rotational axis of the center blade and defining a center flow path (69a) for feeding grass clippings to a grass clippings outlet (66), a first side baffle (64) extending around a rotational axis of the first side blade (59) and defining a first side flow path (69b) for feeding grass clippings to the grass clippings outlet (66), and a second side baffle (65) extending around a rotational axis of the second side blade (60) and defining a second side flow path (69c) for feeding grass clippings to the center flow path (69a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Shozo Ishimori, Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Cristophe Auvergne, Bertrand Leguillette