Walk-behind self-propelled working machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12133483-B2
Application number	US-202217576567-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 14, 2022
Priority date	Jul 25, 2019
Publication date	Nov 5, 2024
Grant date	Nov 5, 2024

Abstract

A walk-behind self-propelled working machine includes a main body, an operation switch, and a handle device. The main body includes a moving assembly and a drive motor. The operation switch is connected to the drive motor. The handle device is connected to the main body and includes an operation member, a connecting rod, and a sensing device. The operation member includes a gripping portion for a user to hold. The connecting rod is connected to the main body. The sensing device is configured to sense a thrust that is applied to the handle device to drive the walk-behind self-propelled working machine and further includes a pressure sensor and a pressing member. When the gripping portion receives the thrust, the pressing member applies a force along a preset straight line to the pressure sensor to drive the pressure sensor to deform.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A walk-behind self-propelled working machine, comprising:
a main body comprising a moving assembly and a drive motor configured to drive the moving assembly;
an operation switch connected to the drive motor; and
a handle device connected to the main body;
wherein the handle device comprises:
an operation member comprising a gripping portion for a user to hold;
a connecting rod connected to the main body; and
a sensing device configured to sense a thrust that is applied to the handle device to drive the walk-behind self-propelled working machine;

wherein the sensing device further comprises:
a pressure sensor disposed between the operation member and the connecting rod;
a pressing member arranged to apply a force along a preset straight line to the pressure sensor to drive the pressure sensor to deform when the gripping portion receives the thrust; and
a preload element configured to apply a preload force to the pressure sensor; and

wherein a ratio of a component of the thrust received by the gripping portion along the preset straight line to a deformation amount of the pressure sensor along the preset straight line is greater than or equal to 40 N/mm and the operation switch is capable of generating a control signal according to the thrust sensed by the pressure sensor to control the drive motor.

2. The walk-behind self-propelled working machine of claim 1 , wherein the walk-behind self-propelled working machine has a low-speed driving mode and an adaptive mode, the walk-behind self-propelled working machine is in the low-speed driving mode when the thrust is less than a first preset value, and the walk-behind self-propelled working machine is in the adaptive mode when the thrust is greater than a second preset value.

3. The walk-behind self-propelled working machine of claim 2 , wherein, when the walk-behind self-propelled working machine is in the low-speed driving mode, a control module controls the rotational speed of the drive motor to be less than or equal to a first preset rotational speed, when the walk-behind self-propelled working machine is in the adaptive mode, the control module controls the rotational speed of the drive motor to change toward a desired rotational speed obtained according to the thrust, and the desired rotational speed is greater than the first preset rotational speed.

4. The walk-behind self-propelled working machine of claim 2 , wherein, when the thrust is greater than 0 and less than the first preset value and a duration of the thrust is less than a preset duration, a control module controls the rotational speed of the drive motor to be less than or equal to a first preset rotational speed and, when the thrust is greater than 0 and less than the first preset value and the duration of the thrust is greater than the preset duration, the control module controls the rotational speed of the drive motor to be 0.

5. The walk-behind self-propelled working machine of claim 1 , wherein the preload element is configured to be an elastic member.

6. The walk-behind self-propelled working machine of claim 1 , wherein the preload element is disposed on an upper side of the pressure sensor.

7. The walk-behind self-propelled working machine of claim 1 , wherein the preload element is disposed on a lower side of the pressure sensor.

8. The walk-behind self-propelled working machine of claim 1 , wherein a preset thrust value is set or stored for the walk-behind self-propelled working machine and the walk-behind self-propelled working machine further comprises a conversion module configured to obtain a desired rotational speed according to the thrust sensed by the sensing device and the preset thrust value and a control module configured to control the rotational speed of the drive motor to change toward the desired rotational speed.

9. The walk-behind self-propelled working machine of claim 8 , further comprising a preset module, wherein the preset thrust value is stored in the preset module and configured to be a fixed value.

10. The walk-behind self-propelled working machine of claim 8 , wherein the preset thrust value is configured to be greater than or equal to 10 N and less than or equal to 60 N.

11. The walk-behind self-propelled working machine of claim 1 , wherein a duration between when the sensing device senses a current pressure value and when the sensing device performs sensing a next time is set to 0.04 s.

12. The walk-behind self-propelled working machine of claim 1 , further comprising:
a preset module configured to store a normal distribution of an initial output signal of the sensing device; and
a correction module configured to correct the initial output signal when the initial output signal of the sensing device does not conform to the normal distribution.

13. The walk-behind self-propelled working machine of claim 12 , wherein, when the pressure sensor senses pressure, the sensing device filters collected values and obtains filtered values, a parameter value is obtained after the filtered values are averaged, whether the parameter value conforms to the normal distribution is determined, when the parameter value conforms to the normal distribution, the current parameter value is discarded, and, when the parameter value does not conform to the normal distribution, the initial output signal is corrected.

14. The walk-behind self-propelled working machine of claim 13 , wherein the correction module comprises a creep calibration rule for determining whether a current parameter value satisfies that (a 21 −μ)<1.1×3σ, wherein a 21 denotes the current parameter value, μ denotes a mathematical expectation of the normal distribution, and σ denotes a standard deviation of the normal distribution and, when the parameter value satisfies the creep calibration rule, initial elements in the preset module are updated and the parameter value replaces one of the initial elements so that a new normal distribution is obtained.

15. The walk-behind self-propelled working machine of claim 13 , wherein the correction module comprises a creep calibration rule and, when the parameter value satisfies the creep calibration rule, initial elements in the preset module are updated and the parameter value replaces one of the initial elements so that a new normal distribution is obtained.

16. A walk-behind self-propelled working machine, comprising:
a main body comprising a moving assembly and a drive motor configured to drive the moving assembly; and
a handle device connected to the main body;
wherein the handle device comprises:
an operation member comprising a gripping portion for a user to hold;
a connecting rod connected to the main body; and
a sensing device configured to sense a thrust that is applied to the handle device to drive the walk-behind self-propelled working machine;
wherein the sensing device further comprises:
a sensor; and
a pressing member arranged to apply a force along a preset straight line to the sensor to drive the sensor to deform when the gripping portion receives the thrust; and
wherein a ratio of a component of the thrust received by the gripping portion along the preset straight line to a deformation amount of the sensor along the preset straight line is greater than or equal to 40 N/mm, and
the handle device comprises a preload element configured to apply a preload force to the sensor.

17. The walk-behind self-propelled working machine of claim 16 , wherein the preload element is configured to be an elastic member.

18. The walk-behind self-propelled working machine of claim 16

Assignees

• Nanjing Chervon Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ren Yufei
• Li Yang
• Zhu Ronggen
• Xu Haishen
• Zhang Rui

Classifications

• A01D2101/00

  Lawn-mowers · CPC title

• A01D2034/6843

  Control levers on the handle of the mower · CPC title

• A01D34/78

  electric · CPC title

• A01D34/6806 Primary

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

• A01D34/006

  Control or measuring arrangements · CPC title