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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2016
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Michael T Schmidt, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Justin Rothrock, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Abhijit Joshi, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Curtis D Ayers, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Douglas Van Meter, Grovetown, GA (US);
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A zero turning radius mower has an internal combustion engine mounted transversely on a pair of longitudinal frame members behind an operator seat and a pair of rear drive wheels. The engine rotates a flywheel on a horizontal axis perpendicular to the longitudinal frame members. A gearbox is mounted to one of the longitudinal frame members, with a horizontal input shaft driven by the engine and a vertical output shaft engaging one or more rubber belts. The same rubber belts drive a pair hydrostatic transmissions for the pair of rear drive wheels and a plurality of rotary mower blades under a mower deck.