Patent ID: 9420740
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A01D,B60K,B60L,B62D,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A riding lawnmower, comprising: left and right wheels as main drive wheels that are each independently driven by an electric rotary machine; at least one caster wheel as a steering control wheel; a lawnmower blade or a lawnmower reel that is driven for lawn mowing; and a control section that controls driving force of the left and right wheels when turning; wherein a turn center position of the left and right wheels is acquired based on a turn instruction input from a turn operator; and wherein, when the acquired turn center position of the left and right wheels is the ground-contact position of the left wheel or the ground-contact position of the right wheel, the control section controls the wheel on the turn center position to be placed in a freely rotating state around an axle and controls driving and braking of the wheel on the turn center position not to be executed; and the left and right wheels are caused to turn around the acquired turn center position.