Revolving Patents (Class 56/204)
  • Patent number: 7957850
    Abstract: A mobile station for an unmanned vehicle comprises a vehicular storage area for storing a vehicle during transit or at rest. A first wireless transceiver communicates a status or command between the vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest. A station controller manages a management plan of the vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the vehicle, loading a payload on the vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Noel Wayne Anderson
  • Patent number: 7730706
    Abstract: A lawn mower, comprising a vehicle body that is supported by a plurality of wheels; a support frame that is connected to a rear part of the vehicle body; a grass collector that is supported on the support frame so as to be pivoted between a grass collecting position and a discharge position about an axis oriented in the transverse direction of the vehicle body, the grass collector having a bottom surface; a swiveling body that is connected to a rotating shaft of the grass collector to be rotated in unison so as to switch the grass collector between the grass collecting position and the discharge position; and a cylinder connected to the swiveling body and to the support frame; wherein the swiveling body and the cylinder are disposed below the grass collector in the grass collecting position, and the cylinder extends along the bottom surface of the grass collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Ogata, Masashi Osuga, Takashi Shibata, Takashi Kuramoto, Hironobu Nishihara
  • Patent number: 7194850
    Abstract: A riding lawn mower comprises, a plurality of front wheels and a plurality of rear wheels; a vehicle body supported by the front wheels and the rear wheels, and supporting a driver's seat; an engine disposed in a rear position of the vehicle body; a hood housing the engine; a mower unit suspendible from the vehicle body; and a grass catcher for collecting grass clippings from the mower unit. The grass catcher includes a left side container portion; a right side container portion; and a center container portion communicating with the left and right side container portions in upper positions of the left and right side container portions, and having a planar bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Asahara, Yoshikazu Togoshi, Koji Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7017998
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motorized transport for transportation and delivery of a load of material. A preferred embodiment of the present invention provides an adaptable transport comprised of a hopper having an upper support and a lower support. The supports provide removable interaction with the motorized cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Inventor: Robert O. Ducharme
  • Publication number: 20020083696
    Abstract: A mowing machine includes a vehicle body (1), a mower unit (4) connected to and supported by the vehicle body and having flow generating members driven by power supplied thereto for generating grass carrier air flows, a grass catcher (6) disposed at a rear end of the vehicle body and defining an opening for receiving grass clippings, a grass transport duct (17) for guiding grass clippings transported by the carrier air flows to the grass catcher, and a moving mechanism (5) for moving the grass catcher between a collecting position for connecting the grass catcher to the grass transport duct and a discharge position for separating the grass catcher from the grass transport duct. A power cutoff mechanism (11, 100) is provided for stopping power supply to the mower unit in response to a movement caused by the moving mechanism of the grass catcher from the collecting position to the discharge position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Komorida, Takashi Fujii, Nobuyuki Yamashita, Yoshio Tomiyama
  • Publication number: 20010025472
    Abstract: Machine for cutting grass comprising a plate located in the front part of the machine, a storage container located between the axes of rotation of the front wheels and rear wheels of the machine and connected to the plate by a duct, the machine comprising a device for moving the container to cause the outward movement and overturning thereof so as to unload the cut grass in the longitudinal direction and toward the rear of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: Negri Mauzizio, Zaccarelli Paolo
  • Patent number: 6012273
    Abstract: A grass/lawn mower vehicle having a mower unit, and mechanism for transporting grass clippings cut by the mower unit through a suitable duct. The vehicle includes a grass catcher for collecting the grass clippings transported through the duct, a lid for opening and closing an opening of the grass catcher, a horizontal axis for connecting the grass catcher and the lid to be pivotable relative to each other, and a control mechanism for raising the grass catcher relative to the vehicle and swinging the grass catcher about the horizontal axis, thereby allowing the grass catcher to dump the grass clippings from an elevated position. The control mechanism includes a parallelogram link mechanism having one side thereof connected to the vehicle, and the other side connected to the lid, and an actuator for moving the link mechanism between a lower position and an upper position, and swinging the grass catcher when the link mechanism is in the upper position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ogasawara, Katsuhiko Uemura, Masaki Hayashi, Nobuyuki Yamashita, Takashi Fujii