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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2020
Applicant:
The Toro Company, Bloomington, MN (US);
Inventors:
Michael Ryan Davern, Eagan, MN (US);
Rex Ray Bergsten, Burnsville, MN (US);
Assignee:
THE TORO COMPANY, Bloomington, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 45/02 (2006.01); A01D 34/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 50/16 (2020.01); G01S 13/56 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); H01Q 1/32 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 45/023 (2013.01); B60W 50/16 (2013.01); G01S 13/56 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); H01Q 1/3233 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01);
Abstract
A detection system for use with a powered ground maintenance vehicle, the detection system adapted to detect and avoid contact of a ground maintenance implement carried by the vehicle with an object associated with the ground surface. In some embodiments, the detection system may automatically disengage the implement from the ground surface before the implement contacts the object and, optionally, automatically re-engage the implement with the ground surface after the implement has passed the object.