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Chad Jones

Jeffrey C Hickman

Ni Zugen

David Lawrence Estey

Garrett Sherman

Li Li

Yang Ming

Chris Roth

Robert Walter Schriever

Ming Yang

Scott Kirkpatrick

Chris Price

Joe Racz

Arnie Fie

Trent Cook

A selectively operable door () for a robotic vehicle () may include a doorframe disposable in a barrier dividing two areas in which the robotic vehicle () is enabled to travel, a door body () hingedly connected to the door frame (), and a latching assembly configured to alternately allow movement of the door body () such that the robotic vehicle () to enabled to pass through the selectively operable door () via displacement of the door body () and prevent movement of the door body () such that the door body () is retained in a closed state. The latching assembly may include an automatic lock configured to define a release position in which movement of the door body () from the closed state is allowed, and a capture position in which movement of the door body to the closed state is allowed and movement of the door body from the closed state is prevented.

Selectively operable door for an autonomous device

A multi-tool () includes a power head () including a power head housing () having a handle () operably coupled thereto, a tool attachment () configured to perform a work function, the tool attachment () being alternately separable from and operably coupled to the power head (), a motor () disposed in the power head housing (), a battery () configured to be operably coupled to the motor () to selectively power the motor (), a drive provider portion () disposed at the power head (), and a drive receiver portion () disposed at the tool attachment (). The drive provider portion () includes a driving portion () of a shaft () operably coupled to the motor (), and the drive receiver portion () includes a driven portion () of the shaft (). The driving portion (), the drive receiver portion (), and the motor () share a common axis (). The power head () receives the battery () at an opposite end of the power head housing () relative to an end of the power head housing () at which the motor () is located, and the handle () extends from a first portion of the power head housing () above the motor () to a second portion of the power head housing () above the battery ().

Power head configured to operate multiple tool heads with universal rotary device

A multi-tool () includes a power head () including a power head housing () having a handle () operably coupled thereto, a tool attachment () configured to perform a work function, the tool attachment () being alternately separable from and operably coupled to the power head (), a motor () disposed in the power head housing (), a battery () configured to be operably coupled to the motor () to selectively power the motor (), a power head mating interface () including structures disposed at the power head () for defining a physical mating assembly, a drive power transfer assembly and an electronic assembly, and a tool mating interface () including structures disposed at a housing of the tool attachment () for defining the physical mating assembly, the drive power transfer assembly and the electronic assembly. The structures disposed at the power head () and the structures disposed at the housing of the tool attachment () for defining the physical mating assembly are configured to contact each other before the structures disposed at the power head () and the structures disposed at the housing of the tool attachment () for defining the drive power transfer assembly contact each other responsive to operably coupling of the power head mating interface () to the tool mating interface (). The structures disposed at the power head () and the structures disposed at the housing of the tool attachment () for defining the drive power transfer assembly are configured to contact each other before the structures disposed at the power head () and the structures disposed at the housing of the tool attachment () for defining the electronic assembly contact each other responsive to operably coupling of the power head mating interface () to the tool mating interface ().

Mating interface for a power head configured to operate multiple tool attachments

A blower () includes a blower attachment housing (), a power head housing () having a handle () operably coupled thereto, a motor () disposed in the power head housing (), a fan () disposed in the blower attachment housing (), a battery (), and an intake chamber () disposed between the motor () and the fan () to enable the air to enter the blower () between the motor () and the fan ().

Blower with improved balance and construction

An outdoor power tool may include an engine, a carburetor configured to provide a fuel and air mixture to the engine based on operation of a throttle assembly, a selector and a throttle release actuator. The selector may be operably coupled to the throttle assembly to control a position of the throttle assembly in a selected one of a plurality of throttle positions. One of the throttle positions may be an idle position and each of the other throttle positions may be selectable by an operator via manual positioning of the selector. The throttle release actuator may be configured to return the selector from any one of the throttle positions to the idle position responsive to operator actuation of the throttle release actuator.

Power equipment with throttle release actuator

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Chad Jones