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Outdoor power equipment suspension system

US10645874B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 20, 2018
Grant dateMay 12, 2020
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Expiry dateJul 20, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60G2300/084
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An outdoor power equipment unit having a frame including at least one laterally-extending structural member and at least a pair of opposite, longitudinally-extending side structural members, a first front wheel assembly, and a second front wheel assembly. The unit also includes a first pair of substantially parallel, laterally-extending suspension arms pivotally coupled to the first front wheel assembly to form a first 4-bar linkage arrangement, and a second pair of substantially parallel, laterally-extending suspension arms pivotally coupled to the second front wheel assembly to form a second 4-bar linkage arrangement. The unit further includes at least one longitudinally-extending first side suspension arm coupled to the first front wheel assembly and to a first one of the longitudinally-extending side structural members, and at least one longitudinally-extending second side suspension arm coupled to the second front wheel assembly and to a second one of the longitudinally-extending side structural members.

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