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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2017
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a walk behind mower () including a clutch () provided in a power transmission path between an electric motor () and driven wheels (), a clutch actuating mechanism () interposed between the electric motor and the clutch for selectively engaging the clutch, and a control unit () for selectively supplying electric power from a power source to the electric motor according to a command from an operation switch (), the clutch actuating mechanism includes a cam mechanism for engaging the clutch by using a force transmitted to an input end () of the clutch in the power transmission path when the electric motor is being driven in a normal rotational direction, and the control unit is configured to drive the electric motor in a reverse rotational direction for a prescribed period of time before stopping supplying electric power to the electric motor when a command to stop supplying electric power to the electric motor is received from the operation switch.