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Electronic bordering system
Assignee: Husqvarna AB
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Filing: 1998-09-15
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Granted: 2001-10-09
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Expires: 2018-09-15
Abstract
Abstract An electronic bordering system for a working tool in which a border cable is placed above, under or on ground or floor, so that it separates an inner area within the border cable from an outer area. The working tool is preferably intended for attendance of ground or floor. A signal generator feeds the border cable with current, whose magnetic field affects at least one sensing unit located on the working tool, so that the sensing unit emits signals to a control unit, which in cooperation with an engine control, or a signal system for a driver, and at least one driving source directs the tool's movement in order to prevent it from remoting from the inner area. The signal generator feeds the border cable with current containing at least two alternating-current components of different frequency, and the components are lying in a known relation of time to each other.
Inventors
- 👤 Bengt Allan Bergvall
- 👤 Ulf Petersson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 21:14
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01D; A01D34/00; A01D34/006; A01D34/008; G; G05; G05D; G05D1/00; G05D1/02; G05D1/021; G05D1/0259; G05D1/0265
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
293 words
An electronic bordering system ( 1 ) for a working tool ( 2 ), in which system a border cable ( 3 ) is placed above, under or on ground or floor, so that it separates an inner area ( 4 ) within the border cable ( 3 ) from an outer area ( 5 ), which working tool is preferably intended for attendance of ground or floor and a signal generator ( 6 ) feeds the border cable with current, whose magnetic field ( 7 ) affects at least one sensing unit ( 8 , 8 ′) located on the working tool ( 2 ), so that the sensing unit ( 8 , 8 ′) emits signals ( 9 ) to a control unit ( 10 ), which in cooperation with an engine control ( 11 ), or a signal system for a driver, and at least one driving source ( 12 , 13 ) directs the tool's movement in order to prevent it from remoting from the inner area ( 4 ), characterized in that the signal generator feeds the border cable with current containing at least two components ( 14 , 15 ) of alternating-current with different frequency, and the components ( 14 , 15 ) are lying in a known time relation to each other and hereby the control unit can evaluate the difference in the signals ( 9 ) caused by the magnetic field's different directions in the inner area ( 4 ) and the outer area ( 5 ), and the control unit can therefore emit an area signal ( 16 ), which mainly takes up one of two states depending on the position of the sensing unit ( 8 ) in relation to the border cable.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
293 words
An electronic bordering system ( 1 ) for a working tool ( 2 ), in which system a border cable ( 3 ) is placed above, under or on ground or floor, so that it separates an inner area ( 4 ) within the border cable ( 3 ) from an outer area ( 5 ), which working tool is preferably intended for attendance of ground or floor and a signal generator ( 6 ) feeds the border cable with current, whose magnetic field ( 7 ) affects at least one sensing unit ( 8 , 8 ′) located on the working tool ( 2 ), so that the sensing unit ( 8 , 8 ′) emits signals ( 9 ) to a control unit ( 10 ), which in cooperation with an engine control ( 11 ), or a signal system for a driver, and at least one driving source ( 12 , 13 ) directs the tool's movement in order to prevent it from remoting from the inner area ( 4 ), characterized in that the signal generator feeds the border cable with current containing at least two components ( 14 , 15 ) of alternating-current with different frequency, and the components ( 14 , 15 ) are lying in a known time relation to each other and hereby the control unit can evaluate the difference in the signals ( 9 ) caused by the magnetic field's different directions in the inner area ( 4 ) and the outer area ( 5 ), and the control unit can therefore emit an area signal ( 16 ), which mainly takes up one of two states depending on the position of the sensing unit ( 8 ) in relation to the border cable.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
An electronic bordering system ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the two alternating-current components' ( 14 , 15 ) frequences are multiples of each other.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
An electronic bordering system ( 1 ) according to claim 2 , characterized in that the two alternating-current components' ( 14 , 15 ) frequences and even number multiples of each other.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
An electronic bordering system ( 1 ) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the alternating-current components ( 14 , 15 ) are lying in an essentially permanent or fixed time relation to each other.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
An electronic bordering system ( 1 ) according to any one of claims 1 - 3 , characterized in that the alternating-current components are composed of square waves.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
An electronic bordering system ( 1 ) according to claim 5 , characterized in that the square waves are provided with rounded edges.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
An electronic bordering system ( 1 ) according to any one of claims 1 - 3 , characterized in that each sensing unit comprises at least one coil ( 19 ).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
An electronic bordering system ( 1 ) according to claim 7 , characterized in that the coil ( 19 ) surrounds a ferrite rod ( 20 , which is placed into the middle of the coil.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
44 words
An electronic bordering system ( 1 ) in accordance with claim 7 , characterized in that the coil ( 19 ) has a resonance frequency lying in proximity to at least one of the frequences of the alternating-current components ( 14 , 15 ).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
37 words
An electronic bordering system ( 1 ) according to claim 9 , characterized in that the coil ( 19 ) has a resonance frequency lying between the frequences of the alternating-current components ( 14 , 15 ).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
101 words
An electronic bordering system ( 1 ) according to any one of claims 1 - 3 , characterized in that the control unit ( 10 ) evaluates the signals ( 9 ) by dividing them in a frequency divider ( 21 ) into signal components ( 14 ′, 15 ′) with different frequency corresponding to the frequences of the signal components ( 14 , 15 ), and the signal components are forwarded, after possible processing in a signal processing unit ( 22 ), to an evaluation unit ( 23 ) and the evaluation unit creates the area signal ( 16 ).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
88 words
An electronic bordering system ( 1 ) according to claim 11 , characterized in that one of the signals ( 9 , 14 ′, 15 ′) is rectified in a rectifier ( 25 ) and forwarded to the engine control ( 11 ) as an analogue signal, a so called quality signal ( 26 ), whose signal intensity is the measure of the intensity of the ingoing signals ( 9 ) to the control unit, so that the tool can be shut-off at a too low quality signal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
132 words
An electronic bordering system ( 1 ) according to claim 11 , characterized in that one of the signal components ( 14 ′, 15 ′) are forwarded to an amplifier ( 24 ), whose amplification thus is affected by the ingoing signals' ( 14 ′, 15 ′) intensity, and after rectifying in rectifier ( 25 ) the analogue signal ( 26 ) is brought back to the frequency divider ( 21 ), which also has a variable amplification, and compared with not having this special amplification circuit the signal ( 26 ) affects the variable amplification of the signals ( 14 ′, 15 ′), so that a considerably more constant signal intensity in these signals ( 14 ′, 15 ′) is achieved inside and near outside the inner area ( 4 ).
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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