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Lawn tractor with removable battery packs

Grant US12576746B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

Briggs & Stratton, LLC

Inventors

Nicholas J. Zeidler

Abstract

A ride-on outdoor power equipment, comprising a chassis a pair of front wheels coupled with the chassis, a pair of rear wheels coupled with the chassis, a mower deck supported by the chassis, and a battery assembly configured to power a drive motor. The battery assembly may include a plurality of battery packs, and a receptacle defined in part by a bottom wall. The receptacle may include a plurality of bays, each bay having a receiver extending away from the bottom wall, the receiver configured to guide a battery pack within the bay, and a power connector spaced a distance from the bottom wall, the power connector configured to engage the pack connector to electrically couple the battery pack to the receptacle, where the receptacle is angled at an acute angle relative to an operating plane.

CPC Classifications

H01M 2220/20 H01M 50/271 H01M 50/264 H01M 50/249 H01M 50/209 H01M 10/0525 B60L 2200/40 B60L 53/80 B60L 50/66 B60L 50/64 B60K 2001/0494 B60K 2001/0416 B60K 1/04 A01D 69/02 A01D 34/64

Filing Date

2022-10-12

Application No.

17964567

Claims

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