Patent ID: 9439349
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A01D

Claim Text:
1. A reel mower, which comprises: (a) a frame supported for rolling over a turf surface having grass; (b) a plurality of reel cutting units carried on the frame, wherein each reel cutting unit comprises a cutting reel rotatable about a horizontal axis for pushing blades of grass against a cooperating bedknife to sever blades of grass on the turf surface in a shearing action between the cutting reel and the bedknife, wherein the cutting reels of the plurality of reel cutting units are individually powered by separate variable speed electric motors with each reel cutting unit being powered by one electric motor that is separate and distinct from other electric motors that power individually and separately other reel cutting units of the plurality of reel cutting units, wherein the plurality of reel cutting units that are carried on the frame are selected from a group of reel cutting units consisting of: wherein each separate and distinct electric motor that drives a cutting reel of a reel cutting unit includes an electronic motor controller; and (c) an electronic, microprocessor based, mower controller carried on the frame, the mower controller being operatively connected with electronic motor controllers of the electric motors of all the reel cutting units that are currently being carried on the frame, the mower controller being configured to: