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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Loew, Wallau, DE;
Wolfgang Hummel, Wiesbaden, DE;
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ; F16H / ; B60K / ; B60L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74365 ; 74335 ; 743375 ; 192 / ;
Abstract
An electromechanical switching system which includes a multi-stage gearbox which has a plurality of manually selectable gear ratios corresponding to a plurality of positions of components which are movable between these positions, apparatus for automatically locating the components in the position corresponding to the selected gear ratio, and a device for locking the gearbox in a selected gear ratio while the operation is running. The position of the components is monitored and an indication provided the operator to prevent the start before the components are correctly positioned.