LINKAGE ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND VEHICLE INCORPORATING SAME

摘要

A linkage adjustment system adapted to adjust a linkage, and a vehicle incorporating the same. In one embodiment, the linkage adjustment system adjusts a linkage operatively connecting an input (e.g., operator control lever of a lawn mower) to an output (e.g., drive system of a first drive wheel associated with a first (e.g., left) side of the mower). An adjustment device may adjust the linkage so that the first drive wheel rotates at the same speed as a second drive wheel (e.g., on the right side of the mower) when the control levers associated with both drive wheels are in a maximum forward position. A range setting arm of the system may adjust the total output of the first drive wheel (total forward and reverse output) to match the total output of the second drive wheel.

主权项

1. A linkage adjustment system, comprising:
a link comprising a first end and a second end; a first connection mechanism connecting the first end of the link to either an output device or an input device; and a second connection mechanism connecting the second end of the link to the other of the output device or the input device, wherein the second connection mechanism comprises a range setting arm coupled to both the link and to the other of the output device or the input device, the arm adapted to receive the second end of the link at one of three or more locations each spaced differently from a pivot axis about which the other of the output device or the input device pivots, and wherein either the second end of the link or the arm comprises a locking member adapted to secure the second end to the arm at any one of the three or more locations.