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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 1984
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1981
Dieter Papenhagen, Backnang-Heiningen, DE;
Henning Wallentowitz, Aichwald, DE;
Gerhard Lepler, Wolfschlugen, DE;
Martin Hampp, Nagold, DE;
Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A linkage for operating a control element of an internal combustion engine is constructed in a manner such that a change in the inclination of the position of the internal combustion engine has no effect, or merely an intentional, minor effect on the relative position of a linkage operated control element for the internal combustion engine. In accordance with a first embodiment, by appropriately dimensioning and positioning a regulating lever along the longitudinal shaft directly operating the control element, rotation of the longitudinal shaft, during inclination of the engine, is matched, or caused to differ by a predetermined amount, so as to maintain a desired relationship between the position of the control element relative to the engine. In accordance with a second embodiment, a resilient elastic element that is torsionally rigid, but otherwise resilient is interconnected with the longitudinal shaft in a manner to cause the rotation of the shaft to match or differ by a predetermined amount from the angle of inclination of the engine so as to maintain the desired positional relationship between the control element and the engine.