Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Steven J Busjahn

Andrew Edwin Bejcek

Christopher D Meeks

Dean E Hartley

Aaron J Parks-ksor

A control system can be used for a walk-behind self-propelled machine that includes a handle, a power source, a drive assembly, and an implement selectively driven by the power source. The control system can include a touch sensor located on the handle configured to transmit a contact signal indicative of an operator of the walk-behind self-propelled machine physically contacting the handle at a predetermined location. The system can further include a controller that is in electrical communication with the touch sensor and configured to enable the power source to drive the implement, such as a lawnmower blade, when the controller receives the contact signal.

Control-by-wire system for a walk-behind self-propelled machine, lawnmower including same, and method

The present disclosure is directed to a mulch plug configured to attach to a lawnmower by one or more attachment points, including a snap-fit attachment point. The snap-fit provides a more secure attachment to the lawnmower than attachment mechanisms on existing mulch plugs, in turn providing more even distribution of mulch and less clogging and locking of mower wheels.

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Swansboro, NC, United States of America

Steven J Busjahn