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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 1977
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1975
Richard E Guhl, Decatur, IL (US);
Charles W Oswald, Decatur, IL (US);
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A transmission and parking brake control system for a vehicle is disclosed including a brake for inhibiting movement of the rotary drive train thereof, a transmission shiftable between neutral and a plurality of speed range drive conditions for operation of the vehicle, a transmission control arrangement operatively connected to the transmission for selectively establishing the neutral and the drive conditions including a lever assembly shiftable substantially in a plane for selecting the drive conditions and shiftable normal to the plane at the neutral condition into a parking condition, and a brake arrangement operatively connected to the brake for engagement and disengagement thereof, the brake arrangement including an actuator which is responsive to movement of the lever assembly into the parking condition for affecting remote engagement of the brake without mechanical interconnecting linkage or the like.