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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2020
The Toro Company, Bloomington, MN (US);
Kevin Dale Docken, Victoria, MN (US);
Aaron Yarrow Curtis, Eagan, MN (US);
THE TORO COMPANY, Bloomington, MN (US);
Abstract
An autonomous ground working vehicle has a motor housing defining a motor cavity extending in an axial direction and a first inner housing portion having a first helical thread about the motor cavity and a second inner housing portion having a second helical thread about the motor cavity that engages the first helical thread. The first inner housing portion is axially translatable and rotatably fixed relative to a chassis. The second inner housing portion is rotatable relative to the chassis and axially fixed relative to the chassis. The first inner housing portion has (1) an inner body extending from a motor mounting surface into the second inner housing portion and defines the first helical thread and (2) an outer body extending axially from the motor mounting surface. The outer body and the inner body define an annular gap that receives a portion of the second inner housing portion.