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In response to new safety regulations, a manufacturer of riding lawn mowers
needed to quickly develop a unique manual switch that could
temporarily enable and then disable the vehicle’s ability to mow
while in reverse. The switch needed to be tamper-resistant and
survive the physical abuse of a riding lawn mower.
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Cherry developed a custom no-mow-in-reverse switch with a
unique key switch/tumbler mechanism and an anti-tamper circuit.
Cherry designed a circuit protection scheme for the high-current
environment of a riding lawn mower and built a rugged housing
which was resistant to impact and vibration. First functional
prototypes were delivered in 3 weeks, enabling the customer
to meet an extremely tight development timeline.
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For this custom solution, Cherry employed the following capabilities:
• Rapid prototyping, including the use
of in-house SLA
• Experience with the development of
protection circuit and key switches
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