Patent ID: 9113596
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A mower, which comprises: (a) a frame having a plurality of ground engaging wheels; (b) an internal combustion engine carried on the frame; (c) an electrical energy generating device mechanically coupled to the engine for being powered by the engine, wherein the generating device is configured to operate both in an electrical energy generating mode or as an electrical motor in an electrical energy consuming/mechanical power supplying mode; (d) an electrical energy storage device electrically connected to the generating device; (e) at least one grass cutting unit operatively connected to the frame; (f) at least one electrically powered device operatively connected to the frame which device is electrically connected to the generating device and to the storage device; (g) a traction drive system for propelling at least one of the ground engaging wheels on the frame, the traction drive system being operatively powered by at least the engine; and (h) a control system, which comprises: