IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,550,824
Granted Patent B2
US 12,550,824 · App. 17/975,564 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Parking mechanism of riding lawn mower and riding lawn mower

Inventors: Shulin Peng (Ningbo, CN); Baijun Tong (Ningbo, CN); Shengqiu Zhu (Ningbo, CN); Chaojie Tao (Ningbo, CN); Shuochi Huang (Ningbo, CN); Xiaobo Ye (Ningbo, CN)
Assignee: NINGBO LINGYUE INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD
A01D69/10A01D34/001A01D2101/00
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Patent No.
US 12,550,824
App. No.
17/975,564
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A parking mechanism of a riding lawn mower includes a trigger assembly, a pull rod assembly, a pedal brake assembly, a connecting rod and a gearbox. When the pedal part is stepped down, it is capable of driving the connecting rod clamping plate, the connecting rod and the disc brake mechanism of the gearbox in sequence to make the gearbox in a shutdown state, and at the same time, is capable of driving a parking lower clamping plate to rotate to the clamping position; when the pedal part is stepped down, the trigger paddle in the parking position is capable of rotating to the non-parking position, which is capable of driving the parking pull rod to pull the parking upper clamping plate to rotate to be separated from the parking lower clamping plate in the clamping position.

Claims (15)

1 . A parking mechanism of a riding lawn mower, comprising a trigger assembly, a pull rod assembly, a pedal brake assembly, a connecting rod and a gearbox, wherein:

the trigger assembly comprises a parking trigger which is rotatable around a rotating shaft, a trigger paddle is provided on the parking trigger; the pull rod assembly comprises a parking pull rod and a parking upper clamping plate; the pedal brake assembly comprises a pedal lever and a pedal part provided at the end of the pedal lever, and a parking lower clamping plate and a connecting rod clamping plate are provided on the pedal lever;

an upper end and a lower end of the parking pull rod are connected with the parking trigger and the parking upper clamping plate, respectively; a front end and a rear end of the connecting rod are connected with the connecting rod clamping plate and a disc brake mechanism of the gearbox, respectively;

when the pedal part is stepped down, it is capable of driving the connecting rod clamping plate to rotate forward, pulling the connecting rod forward, pulling the disc brake mechanism of the gearbox, and placing the gearbox in a shutdown state in sequence, and at the same time, is capable of driving the parking lower clamping plate to rotate to a clamping position;

the trigger paddle is rotatable from a non-parking position to a parking position, and is capable of driving the parking pull rod to pull the parking upper clamping plate to rotate to be engaged with the parking lower clamping plate in the clamping position;

when the pedal part is stepped down, the trigger paddle in the parking position is capable of rotating to the non-parking position, which is capable of driving the parking pull rod to pull the parking upper clamping plate to rotate and to be separated from the parking lower clamping plate in the clamping position; and

wherein there are two parking positions, including a first parking position and a second parking position, wherein the first parking position is located below the non-parking position, and the second parking position is located above the non-parking position.

2 . The parking mechanism of the riding lawn mower according to claim 1 , wherein the parking trigger is provided with a first fixing ring and a second fixing ring in a circumferential direction, the parking pull rod comprises a first pull rod and a second pull rod with different lengths; when the parking position is the first parking position, the parking pull rod is the first pull rod, an upper end of the first pull rod is inserted into the first fixing ring, a lower end of the first pull rod is connected with the parking upper clamping plate; when the parking position is the second parking position, the parking pull rod is the second pull rod, an upper end of the second pull rod is inserted into the second fixing ring, and a lower end of the second pull rod is connected with the parking upper clamping plate.

3 . The parking mechanism of the riding lawn mower according to claim 2 , wherein the length of the first pull rod is longer than that of the second pull rod.

4 . The parking mechanism of the riding lawn mower according to claim 3 , wherein the parking trigger comprises an arc-shaped outer guard plate, an inner ring and a connecting strip provided between the concave surface of the outer guard plate and the inner ring, the inner ring is capable of being sleeved on the rotating shaft, and the trigger paddle is provided on the convex surface of the outer guard plate.

5 . The parking mechanism of the riding lawn mower according to claim 4 , wherein the first fixing ring is provided on the connecting strip.

6 . The parking mechanism of the riding lawn mower according to claim 4 , wherein a supporting strip is further provided on the inner ring at the position opposite to the connecting strip, and the second fixing ring is provided on the supporting strip.

7 . The parking mechanism of the riding lawn mower according to claim 4 , wherein the trigger assembly further comprises a parking toothed plate, the parking toothed plate comprises a side plate and a horizontal tube perpendicular to the side plate, the horizontal tube is the rotating shaft of the parking trigger, the inner ring is sleeved on the horizontal tube, and a damping ring is provided between the inner ring and the horizontal tube.

8 . The parking mechanism of the riding lawn mower according to claim 7 , further comprising a trigger assembly mounting frame, wherein the trigger assembly mounting frame is provided with a mounting groove, the parking trigger and the parking toothed plate are provided in the mounting groove, the parking toothed plate is fixed on the trigger assembly mounting frame, and the parking trigger is rotatably connected with the parking toothed plate.

9 . A riding lawn mower, comprising the parking mechanism of the riding lawn mower according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2022
From: PENG, SHULIN; TONG, BAIJUN; ZHU, SHENGQIU; TAO, CHAOJIE; HUANG, SHUOCHI; YE, XIAOBO
To: NINGBO LINGYUE INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD
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Priority Claims (2)
CN 202210971554.0 · Aug 12, 2022 · national
CN 202222133203.0 · Aug 12, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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