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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:
Dec. 13, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert M Thomas, South Lyon, MI (US);
Assignee:
American Motors Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
745024 ; 745005 ; 745016 ; 24669 ;
Abstract
A lost motion link for allowing selective control of the throttle valve of a vehicle engine between accelerator pedal linkage and speed control system linkage comprises: an elongated body having an enclosed longitudinal passage dimensioned to receive an enlarged cable terminus, an integral flange for pivotally mounting the body to the throttle valve actuator, and a restricted portion of the longitudinal passage entraining the terminus in the body.