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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1974
Carroll R Cole, Decatur, IL (US);
Richard E Guhl, Decatur, IL (US);
Larry R Logemann, Decatur, IL (US);
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention comprises a transmission control console attachable to a vehicle. The console includes an enclosure with a gear shift regulator extending therefrom, the regulator serving to control the transmission of the vehicle. Generally, the regulator will have forward, reverse, and neutral settings. Also a part of the console is a parking brake actuator adjacent the enclosure, the actuator serving to control a parking brake of the vehicle. Means are provided responsive to movement of the actuator to cause engagement of the parking brake for interlocking the actuator to the regulator only when the regulator is in its neutral setting, whereby shifting out of the neutral setting is prevented when the actuator and the regulator are interlocked, and engagement of the brake is prevented when the regulator is not in the neutral setting.