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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5010782 | Position adjustable pedal assembly In a position adjustable pedal assembly for a vehicle, a pedal pad position is adjustable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A lever is connected to a stationary bracket for a pivotal movement about a pivot axis and is formed with a linear track ... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4989474 | Control pedal apparatus for a motor vehicle A control pedal apparatus for adjusting a control pedal of a motor vehicle such for example as a brake pedal, an accelerator pedal, or a clutch pedal. The mechanism includes a pedal arm, an adjustor member, and a bracket secured to the fire wall of the ve... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4962823 | Load-adjusting device A load-adjustment device for the internal combustion engine of an automotive vehicle has a control lever (1) which, for instance, displaces a throttle valve and is held by a coupling spring (9) against an intermediate lever (5) which can be swung directly... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4961355 | Throttle control system A throttle control system including a throttle valve shaft and a throttle valve mounted at a middle portion with the shaft being rotatably carried on a support and spring-biased in a direction to close the throttle valve, and an operating lever and a cont... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4958607 | Foot pedal arrangement for electronic throttle control of truck engines A foot pedal arrangement wherein a support structure is mounted to the front wall of a diesel powered truck cab. A spring biased spool is mounted to the support structure and is interconnected to a potentiometer. A foot pedal includes a projecting arm tha... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4949590 | Hydraulic cylinder assembly A control assembly for a motor vehicle including a bracket; a hydraulic cylinder assembly including a cylinder mounted on the bracket and a piston rod projecting out of the cylinder; and a pedal assembly including a pedal arm mounted for pivotal movement ... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4949801 | Parts-mounting arrangement of industrial vehicle An improved vehicle control parts-mounting arrangement in an electrically powered motor vehicle having a traction motor, a traction motor room for housing the motor, and two side frame members extending longitudinally along both sides of the traction moto... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4944269 | Accelerating pedal for electronic throttle actuation system Improvements for imparting hysteresis, or dampening, to the shaft of a pedal assembly for an electronic throttle actuation system so that the feel of the pedal simulates the feel of a strictly mechanical system. Pads are resiliently urged against a disk i... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4932375 | Mechanical pulley for automotive cruise control system A mechanical pulley apparatus for use as part of a vehicular speed control system. A cable is attached to the pulley and the vehicle's throttle so that, when the pulley is rotated by the final ouput element of the control system, movement of the throttle ... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4928647 | Dual acting-double breakover throttle lever A throttle lever assembly for an internal combustion engine including a reliable substantially failure-proof dual acting--double breakover throttle lever is provided to maintain control over engine throttling in the event of certain types of failure of th... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4915075 | Accelerator pedal position sensor Pedal mounted sensors are useful in motor vehicles for delivering an electrical signal correlative to the position of the accelerator pedal. The electrical signal is then used by an engine controller to regulate the amount of fuel supplied to the engine. ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4903936 | Throttle valve actuator including separate valve driving devices In a throttle valve actuator, there are provided a first spline gear driven by a motor in a sliding operation, a second spline gear meshed with the first spline gear for rotating a shaft of a throttle valve device, a housing for rotatably supporting the s... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4902448 | Cam and idle speed adjustment A marine carburetor is provided with an adjustment screw mounted on the throttle lever that is engageable with the cam follower in such a manner that movement of the adjustment screw urges the cam follower into engagement with the surface of the throttle ... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4883037 | Throttle control system A throttle control system including position sensing means to track the instantaneous position of the accelerator pedal, position sensing means to track the instantaneous position of the throttle valve, and a control module operative to compare the accele... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4881503 | Throttle cable control assembly for carburetors Throttle cable control assemblies for carburetors for adjustably mounting the throttle (accelerator) cable on the carburetor. A bracket body is mounted on the carburetor and includes a projecting arm having a post. A clamp assembly frictionally engages th... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4875385 | Control pedal apparatus for a motor vehicle A control pedal apparatus for adjusting a control pedal of a motor vehcile such for example as a brake pedal or an accelerator pedal. The mechanism includes a pedal arm, an adjustor member, and a bracket secured to the fire wall of the vehicle. The mechan... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4870871 | Adjustable accelerator and brake pedal mechanism A mechanism for adjusting the fore and aft positions of motor vehicle pedal assemblies is provided. The assembly includes a pair of parallel, threaded shafts, each of which is connected to a gear assembly for simultaneous rotation. A cross rod is threadab... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4869220 | Accelerator control apparatus An accelerator control apparatus for mounting in a motor vehicle for a "drive-by-wire" system. The apparatus provides a bias spring means to generate the "feel" of an accelerator pedal to the vehicle operator, a compression spring means provides frictiona... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4838820 | Preassembled throttle cable linkage A preassembled throttle cable and pulley assembly includes a pair of pulleys contained within pulley housings. A pair of throttle cables are strung around the pulleys in a predetermined manner and the cable ends are contained within the pulley housings. T... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4823904 | Installation for slippage limitation, respectively, prevention of driven wheels of a motor vehicle In an installation for the slippage limitation, respectively, prevention of driven wheels of a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine controllable by an actuatable output adjusting member, an adjustable abutment for the output adjusting member s... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4821831 | Throttle control device A throttle control device includes a first gear 5 rotatable corresponding to the depression of an accelerator pedal 1 of a vehicle engine a first motor 8 engaged with a second gear 6 meshed with the first gear, the first motor being actuated upon a tracti... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4819500 | Pedal bracket assembly and method of installing same on structural body A pedal bracket assembly for installation on a structural body having a vertical member and a transverse member projecting transversely from the vertical member includes a support member having vertical flanges adapted to be fastened to the vertical membe... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4811712 | Air intake apparatus for use in diesel engine An air intake apparatus for use in a spark-assisted diesel engine having a throttle valve mounted in an air intake connector connected with an air intake system of the engine, and a throttle valve actuating mechanism connected with a fuel regulating mecha... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4802381 | Compound acceleration-brake pedal assembly A compound pedal structure providing acceleration and braking action in vehicles. The pedal structure has a pendant-type brake pedal and a pendant-type acceleration pedal which are suspended from a common axle with the brake pedal below the acceleration p... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4793207 | Pedal actuators A pedal actuator in which a pedal 10 is movable by the application of foot pressure between raised and depressed positions to actuate a device such as a vehicle differential lock 11 via an operating device 12,13,14,16. The pedal is biased towards its rais... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4782805 | Control device for throttle valve for internal combustion engine A control device for a throttle valve for use with an internal combustion engine installed in a vehicle. The device has a throttle valve shaft secured to the throttle valve, and a linkage to be driven by a linkage member including an accelerator wire for ... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4779480 | Multi ratio accelerator cable mechanism A cam and cam follower mechanism for connecting a vehicle accelerator pedal to the throttle body throttle valve for varying rates of movement of the throttle valve, including a washer-like cam operatively connected to the vehicle accelerator pedal and hav... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4738155 | Self-centering connector for vehicle accelerator pedal mounting lever A connector for attaching a Bowden-wire cable assembly to a vehicle accelerator pedal mounting lever has a closed end needle-like or teardrop shaped nose portion closely hugging the cable assembly with only minimal clearance between to allow movement of t... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4721281 | Actuating device for throttle valve An actuating device is proposed which is used to adjust a throttle valve disposed in the intake tube of an internal combustion engine. The actuating device includes a gas pedal adapted to engage an actuating lever, which is supported rotatably relative to... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4712443 | Mechanical over-ride linkages An override mechanism is disclosed for connection between the accelerator pedal of a vehicle and the fuel supply for normally enabling the driver to adjust the fuel supply but which can be overriden by speed limiting means. The throttle pedal is connected... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4662237 | Actuating device for automobiles A actuating device for a vehicle, especially an automobile, in which an actuating device such as a hydraulic brake master cylinder and booster, is arranged to extend within an engine room at an angle to the longitudinal direction of the automobile body to... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4603752 | Speed and direction control apparatus for a vehicle A speed and direction control apparatus for a skid steer vehicle of the type having right and left driven wheels which are caused to be operated by variable displacement pumps. The control apparatus is similar to that found in normal highway vehicles in t... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4590385 | Automatic starter An automatic starter for a vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission with which excessively abrupt starting of the engine of the vehicle is inhibited. The automatic starter includes an accelerator pedal having first and second accelerator pedal memb... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4582653 | Double coil throttle return spring A double coil spring assembly to serve as a closing force for throttle valves of carburetors or throttle bodies, the spring assembly including an integral spool with inner and outer arbors supported on a closed end to separately support inner and outer co... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4576762 | Throttle return spring assembly A throttle return spring assembly having inner and outer torsion springs contained between end housings is preassembled and then mounted as a unit about a throttle body shaft.... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4574757 | Behavioral fuel-saving method for a motor vehicle Saving fuel in the operation of a motor vehicle by providing an increased resistance to depression of a gas pedal at increased velocities in a predetermined speed range from a lower velocity up to a predetermined upper velocity. A piston is urged against ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4546666 | Mounting structure for throttle control cable Mounting structure is provided for the throttle control cable of an internal combustion engine. The mounting structure connects the throttle control cable to a gas pedal actuated lever. The mounting structure includes a retainer for securement to the cont... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4546667 | Adjustable and releasable accelerator pedal depressor system A simple and economical vehicle accelerator setting control system for motor vehicles having pivotal brake and accelerator pedals includes knob-controlled provision for setting an angled portion of an elongate speed control rod assembly in position for ho... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4537168 | Engine component position indicating system Disclosed is an Engine Component Position Indicating System (60) operated by hand or foot pedal (26) that is able to provide a signal from a signal generating means (52) to a visual indicating means (58) in response to rotation of a shaft (2) in either di... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4528590 | Electronic treadle An electronic treadle (10) for generating an electrical signal proportioned to the degree of angular movement of a pivotally mounted treadle plate (14) includes a base (32) having side portions (26,28) which cooperate with corresponding side members (22,2... | 07/09/1985 |
