A method operates a hand-guided working apparatus having a movable working tool installation, a shaft, and a drive motor system. The shaft is designed for moving the working tool installation. The drive motor system is designed for driving the shaft. The working tool installation, the shaft, and the drive motor system at least in part form part of a system capable of rotational oscillation. A controllable oscillation damping installation is designed for damping and/or reducing an excitation of at least one oscillation of the system capable of rotational oscillation and/or excitable by the system capable of rotational oscillation. The method includes: operating the drive motor system to drive the shaft for moving the working tool installation; and controlling the oscillation damping installation during operation such that the oscillation is at least damped and/or an excitation of the oscillation is reduced.

The present disclosure relates to an articulated, self-propelled robotic tool, having a first platform 3 with a first wheel assembly 5 and a second platform 7 with a second wheel assembly 9. A link arrangement 15, 17, 19, 21 connects the first and second platforms at a turning axis 11. A goniometer arrangement senses the angle between the first and second platforms, and comprises a magnet 29 attached to a first part 17 connected to the first platform, and a Hall sensor arrangement 31 attached to the second platform 7.

A hybrid mower includes a chassis coupled to a body. The chassis has a plurality of wheels coupled to a steering assembly for navigating directional control. The mower also includes an internal combustion engine disposed on the chassis. The internal combustion engine is coupled to a drive assembly providing rotational operation to at least one of the plurality of wheels. The mower further includes a mower deck housing at least one rotatable blade for cutting undesired undergrowth during operation and an electric blade control system. The electric blade control system has an electronic control unit for enabling the at least one rotatable blade during operation and at least one direct current motor positioned about the mower deck and in communication with the electronic control unit. The at least one direct current motor has a motor shaft coupled to the at least one rotatable blade.

A riding mower includes front wheels and rear wheels that support a vehicle body frame on the ground surface, a driver's seat disposed upwardly of the vehicle body frame, a mower deck disposed downwardly of the vehicle body frame and a cutting guide device configured to create an overlap mark that hints a cutting overlap line at a position forwardly of the front wheels and the mower deck and closer to the ground surface than the vehicle body frame.

An agricultural work machine is provided comprising a surroundings detection device for detecting a surroundings in sections, and one or more controllable working elements, wherein the surroundings detection device generates surroundings detection signals, which can be processed in a control and regulating device assigned to the agricultural work machine, wherein the surroundings detection device is designed as a scanner, which scans the surroundings in scanning planes, and wherein each scanning plane is assigned to the control of working elements.

A self-adjusting mower deck gauge wheel includes a first hydraulic cylinder fluidly connected to a second hydraulic cylinder. A gauge wheel is rotatably mounted on a gauge wheel shaft slideable in the first hydraulic cylinder between a fully extended position and a fully retracted position. In the fully retracted position, the mower deck rests flat on the ground and is not supported by gauge wheels. An orifice between the first and second hydraulic cylinders provides a high damping rate to slow travel of the gauge wheel shaft between the fully extended and fully retracted positions. A coil spring with a low spring rate also may be connected to a piston in the second hydraulic cylinder.

A lawn mower includes a housing (1), a traveling wheel for supporting the lawn mower (100), a self-propelled motor for driving the traveling wheel, and a control circuit board (5) for controlling turning-on and turning-off of the self-propelled motor. The traveling wheel includes a pair of front traveling wheels (31) and a pair of rear traveling wheels (32), and the self-propelled motor includes a first self-propelled motor (41) and a second self-propelled motor (42). The lawn mower further includes a first control element and a second control element, the first control element is configured to control the control circuit board to turn-on or turn-off the first self-propelled motor, and the second control element is configured to control the control circuit board to turn-on or turn-off the second self-propelled motor. The lawn mower can be driven in two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive as required, which is convenient to operate and maintain.

A gang reel mower has a hybrid engine, generator and battery pack electric power system driving a pair of electric wheel motors for propelling the mower and for driving individual reel motors for powering a plurality of reel cutting units. A master controller is programmable with a selected clip and maintains the selected clip whether the mower travels straight ahead or is turning. The output power of the generator is damped and is gradually increased during high electrical loads to prevent step responses in the engine and thereby limit engine droop. During regenerative braking of the mower, the generator can be driven as a motor to use the engine as a load. This limits the voltage produced by the traction motors during regenerative braking from damaging the electrical system or overcharging the battery pack. Moreover, maximum transport and mowing ground speeds are automatically reduced during some turns of the mower.

A mower deck can include a linkage that enables adjusting the height of the mower deck with a single action. The mower deck can include a rolling mechanism support arm at each corner and a coupling mechanism that extends between the front and rear rolling mechanism support arms on each side of the mower deck. A shaft can extend between the two front rolling mechanism support arms and can be rotated via an actuator. When the shaft is rotated, the front rolling mechanism support arms will rotate in unison, and the coupling mechanisms will cause the rear rolling mechanism support arms to also rotate in unison. In this way, a single action can cause the height of the mower deck to be adjusted. Alternatively, a mower deck can include a height adjustment mechanism at each corner of the mower deck which can be controlled synchronously to adjust the height.

A lawn mowing apparatus may include sensors that are fastened to both its mower deck and its chassis. The sensors may sense a position of the mower deck in relation to the chassis. The sensed position of the mower deck may be presented to the operator via a dashboard display of the lawn tractor or transmitted via a wireless signal to another device. Based on such sensed position, an operator of the lawn tractor may manually adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable operating range. In some embodiments, servomotors may used to adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable range.