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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:
Mar. 10, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74866 ; 7475 / ;
Abstract
For automotive vehicles having an engine which has a speed governor which is activated when the engine reaches the maximum permissible engine speed, an AND-gate is supplied which furnishes an upshift signal when the engine speed has reached the maximum permissible speed and when, simultaneously, the pedal is at the full load position or the kickdown switch is activated. The upshift signal is applied to the control circuit for the automatic transmission. It may be combined with a signal signifying vehicle speed in a direction so as to increase the apparent vehicle speed or with a signal indicative of throttle position to indicate an actual lower engine load than present.