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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:
Sep. 06, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180271 ; 192 / ;
Abstract
In a device on a motor vehicle having a brake and brake operating element, a drive assembly and a drive power source with an automatic transmission, a power control element for the drive power source, and a selector mechanism for shifting the automatic transmission from a neutral position and/or a park position into one or more forward or reverse drive positions, means acting on the drive power source and/or the power control element are provided, which means are connected to the brake operating element and the selector mechanism and which disable power output from the drive power source on engagement of a drive position from the N and/or P position unless the brake of the vehicle has been applied.