| US 7,610,738 B2 | ||
| Greens mower data display and controller | ||
| J. Shawn Daly, Fort Mill, S.C. (US); and Carlos A. Bellot, Charlotte, N.C. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Textron Inc., Providence, R.I. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 08, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/99,490. | ||
| Application 12/099490 is a continuation of application No. 11/071049, filed on Mar. 02, 2005, granted, now 7,367,173. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0184688 A1, Aug. 07, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A01D 41/14 (2006.01); A01D 41/127 (2006.01); A01D 46/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 56—10.2R [701/22; 701/36] | 30 Claims |
| 1. A turf maintenance vehicle, said vehicle comprising:
a traction drive system structured and operable to provide movement of the vehicle across a ground surface;
an electric motor structured and operable to provide rotation of a cutting device including a plurality of cutting blades;
and
a vehicle controller configured to:
receive a programmable vehicle clip rate data input;
monitor a groundspeed of the vehicle as the vehicle moves across the ground surface;
monitor a rotational speed of the cutting device as the vehicle moves across the ground surface; and
actively control the electric motor based on the monitored vehicle groundspeed to actively control the rotational speed of
the cutting device in order to maintain the programmed clip rate of the vehicle as the vehicle moves across the ground surface.
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