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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2016
Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Jason J. Raasch, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Robert Koenen, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Dan Brueck, Brookfield, WI (US);
Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
A snowthrower includes a body, a chute rotatable relative to the body among multiple chute positions, wherein the chute is configured to discharge snow from the snowthrower, a motor for rotating the chute, a user input device, and an electronic control unit configured to control the motor to automatically rotate the chute from a first chute position on a first side of a zero degree chute position aligned with the forward direction of travel of the snowthrower to a second chute position on a second side of the zero degree chute position upon actuation of the user input device.