Lawn mower starter system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9220192-B2
Application number	US-201414260206-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 23, 2014
Priority date	Nov 4, 2011
Publication date	Dec 29, 2015
Grant date	Dec 29, 2015

Abstract

A lawn mower includes an internal combustion engine, a rotary tool driven by the internal combustion engine, an electric motor coupled to the internal combustion engine and configured to start the internal combustion engine, a receiving port mounted to the internal combustion engine, an energy storage device configured to be selectively inserted into and removed from the receiving port without tools, a first user interface, and a second user interface, wherein the electric motor starts the internal combustion engine upon actuation of the first user interface and the second user interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lawn mower, comprising:
an internal combustion engine;
an electric motor configured to start the internal combustion engine;
a rotary tool driven by the internal combustion engine;
a brake mechanism for inhibiting rotation of at least one of the tool and the internal combustion engine;
a release mechanism allowing for selective releasing of the brake mechanism;
a lock-out device configured to selectively prevent release of the brake mechanism; an…

Assignees

• Briggs & Stratton Corp

Inventors

• Hansen Jason A
• Koenen Robert
• Procknow David W
• Lavender Stephen J
• Elvers Jason D

Classifications

• B60T7/042

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• H01M10/02

  Electricity · mapped topic

• F02N11/0862

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F02N11/087

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F02N11/12 Primary

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic