A lawn mower includes a housing (1), a push rod connected with the housing, at least one front wheel mounted in front of the housing, at least one rear wheel mounted at the rear of the housing, a first electric motor driving the front wheel, a second electric motor driving the rear wheel, and a controller electrically connected to the first electric motor and the second electric motor, the controller is configured to turn-on or turn-off the first electric motor and/or the second 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 ride-on zero-turn work machine has two drive control levers longitudinally pivotable for locomotive and steering control, and laterally tiltable inboard and outboard for parking brake control. Two brake control linkages are each connected between one of the levers and one of the parking brakes. Each linkage features a rotatable bell crank, a brake connection link running from the bell crank to the parking brake, and a lever connection link having one end coupled to the bell crank, and another coupled to drive control lever. The bell crank is a flat plate to which the links are coupled at a same common side, and whose outer perimeter includes a cam profile that is engaged by a cam follower to resist movement of the control lever between inboard and outboard positions. The perimeter edge of each bell crank also engages a position detection switch in one of the inboard and positions.

Outdoor power equipment includes a frame including a handle, a prime mover mounted to the frame, a transmission coupling the prime mover to a wheel, and a user interface coupled to the transmission and including a static link rigidly coupled to the handle, a forward link coupled to a forward lever and to the static link, a reverse link coupled to a reverse lever and to the static link, and a joining link coupled between the forward link and the reverse link. The user interface is actuatable between a forward configuration and a reverse configuration.

A push mower includes a body including at least a traveling assembly, a traveling motor driving the traveling assembly, a cutting assembly, and a cutting motor driving the cutting assembly; a handle device connected to the body and including at least an operating member for a user to operate; a controller configured to control at least the working states of the traveling motor and the cutting motor; and a power interface for connecting a power supply energy capable of supplying power to at least the traveling motor and the cutting motor. The traveling motor is drivable by an external force to generate a motor energy. The controller is configured to, when the traveling motor generates the motor energy, cut off an electrical energy transmission path of the traveling motor.

A ride-on zero-turn work machine has two drive control levers longitudinally pivotable for locomotive and steering control, and laterally tiltable inboard and outboard for parking brake control. Two brake control linkages are each connected between one of the levers and one of the parking brakes. Each linkage features a rotatable bell crank, a brake connection link running from the bell crank to the parking brake, and a lever connection link having one end coupled to the bell crank, and another coupled to drive control lever. The bell crank is a flat plate to which the links are coupled at a same common side, and whose outer perimeter includes a cam profile that is engaged by a cam follower to resist movement of the control lever between inboard and outboard positions. The perimeter edge of each bell crank also engages a position detection switch in one of the inboard and positions.

An gardening tool, such as a mower, includes a main body and a handle rotatably connected to the main body. The main body includes a motor. The handle includes a plurality of telescopic members slidably connected to each other. The mower further includes a operation assembly for being operated by a user to activate the motor and a control system for sending a control signal to enable or disable the operation of motor by the operation assembly when the handle is out of a accommodating state.

A speed control mechanism for controlling selective engagement of the self-propelled transmission assembly for a walk-behind lawn mower is provided. The speed control mechanism is also configured to control the relative output speed of the transmission assembly. The speed control mechanism includes a speed engagement assembly and a speed adjustment assembly, wherein the speed engagement assembly includes a pair of rotatable levers for causing the transmission assembly to actuate between a disengaged position and an engaged position and the speed adjustment assembly includes a rotatable knob for causing the relative output speed of the transmission assembly to the wheels of the lawn mower to increase or decrease.

Commercial walk behind mower operator controls include a rigid handlebar with a pair of hand grips, each hand grip having a non-horizontal axis. A pair of operator control levers are mounted adjacent the handlebar and hand grips. Both operator control levers are pivotable about a single pivot point having a pivot axis that is non-parallel to the axis of each hand grip. Each operator control lever is pivotable toward the hand grip to reduce the rotational speed of a drive wheel.

The invention relates to a control device (2) for controlling a vehicle having an electric motor (1), the control device comprising a control system (21, 22, 23) provided with one or more levers movable between a minimum control position and a maximum control position, and a control unit (3) for controlling the motor. Said control unit (3) includes acquisition means (31) for acquiring a signal representative of the position of said control system, determination means (32) for determining a setpoint speed value corresponding to said acquired signal, as a function of a maximum setpoint speed value associated with the maximum control position, and control means (33) for controlling the motor as a function of the determined setpoint speed. Said control device has adjustment means (34) arranged with the lever(s) of the system to enable the maximum setpoint speed value to be adjusted without taking a hand away from the lever(s). The invention also provides a corresponding vehicle.

Control devices and systems for self-propelled machinery and related methods are disclosed. In one aspect, a control device for self-propelled machinery includes a central portion disposed between a first gripping portion and a second gripping portion and at least one pressure sensitive trigger control provided over either the first or the second gripping portion. The trigger control can be configured to reduce a speed of the self-propelled machinery by actuating a portion of a potentiometer for varying an electrical signal carried by the control device. In some aspects, the control device can electrically communicate with a control unit of the self-propelled machinery.