Blade assembly for a lawn mower

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12041874-B2
Application number	US-202318163609-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2023
Priority date	Sep 27, 2018
Publication date	Jul 23, 2024
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024

Abstract

A lawn mower includes a blade assembly configured to perform a cutting function. The blade assembly includes an upper blade mounted about a blade rotation axis and an upper blade proximal portion being substantially flat and including a first cutting edge. A lower blade is mounted in overlap with the upper blade about the blade rotation axis. The lower blade includes a lower blade proximal portion positioned outward from the lower blade mounting portion in a radial direction, a lower blade end portion positioned outward from the lower blade proximal portion and below the lower blade proximal portion, and a second cutting edge. A lower blade falling portion transitions from the lower blade proximal portion to the lower blade end portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lawn mower, comprising:
a blade assembly comprising a first blade and a second blade;
an electric motor configured to drive the blade assembly to rotate about a rotation axis;
a housing for supporting the electric motor;
a battery pack configured to supply power to the electric motor;
a circuit board configured to control the electric motor,
wherein the second blade is disposed on a lower side of the first blade,
wherein the first blade comprises a mounting portion, the mounting portion is provided with a central circular hole mountable to the rotation axis and a positioning hole having a closed circumference, and the positioning hole is non-circular, and the second blade comprises a second mounting portion having a second central circular hole mountable to the rotation axis and a second positioning hole having a closed circumference, and the second positioning hole of the second blade is non-circular, and
wherein when the first blade and the second blade are longitudinally aligned, the central circular hole of the first blade and the second central circular hole of the second blade are vertically aligned and the positioning hole of the first blade and the second positioning hole of the second blade are circumferentially misaligned and when the central circular hole of the first blade and the second central circular hole of the second blade are vertically aligned and the positioning hole of the first blade and the second positioning hole of the second blade are circumferentially aligned, the first blade and the second blade are longitudinally skewed relative to one another; and
further comprising a connecting assembly comprising an engaging portion that engages with the positioning hole of the first blade and the second positioning hole of the second blade when the positioning hole of the first blade and the second positioning hole of the second blade are vertically aligned, the connecting assembly being mountable to at least one of the first blade or the second blade to define at least one phase angle between the first blade relative to the second blade.

2. The lawn mower of claim 1 , wherein the lawn mower further comprises wheels configured to support the housing and a self-propelled motor configured to drive the wheels to rotate.

3. The lawn mower of claim 2 , wherein the self-propelled motor transfers motion to the wheels through a transmission structure.

4. The lawn mower of claim 2 , wherein the self-propelled motor transfers motion to the wheels through a transmission gear.

5. The lawn mower of claim 1 , wherein the first blade and the second blade are stacked up and down together to synchronously rotate about the rotation axis.

6. The lawn mower of claim 1 , wherein the first blade extends along a plane, and the second blade comprises an extending portion extending obliquely downward from the second mounting portion.

7. The lawn mower of claim 1 , further comprising a mounting member for mounting the blade assembly to the electric motor, the connecting assembly being provided on the mounting member.

8. The lawn mower of claim 7 , wherein the mounting member is a fan.

9. The lawn mower of claim 7 , wherein the mounting member if a flange.

Assignees

• Nanjing Chervon Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Haishen
• Yamaoka toshinari
• Yang Jian

Classifications

• A01D69/02

  electric · CPC title

• A01D34/71

  with means for discharging mown material (A01D57/26 - A01D57/30 take precedence; combined with means for gathering or loading mown material A01D43/06) · CPC title

• A01D34/82

  Other details · CPC title

• A01D2101/00

  Lawn-mowers · CPC title

• A01D34/6806

  Driving mechanisms (for the cutters A01D34/76) · CPC title