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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1989
Richard P Heintz, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
The Deaccelerator Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle speed control device in a vehicle having a variable speed engine and drive train arrangement connecting the engine to a drive wheel therefore includes a foot pedal movable in first and second directions, a vehicle speed transducer arrangement for generating a signal in response to vehicle speeds in excess of a predetermined speed and a control arrangement for varying the value of the predetermined speed. A throttle arrangement is responsive to movement of the foot pedal in the first direction for increasing the vehicle speed and is responsive to movement of the foot pedal in the second direction for decreasing the vehicle speed. A coupling arrangement transfers movement of a movable actuator to the foot pedal, to move the foot pedal in the first and second directions. A regulating arrangement is responsive to the signal of the speed transducer arrangement for regulating the vehicle speed at or just below the predetermined speed. The regulating arrangement includes a first drive arrangement for urging the actuator and linked foot pedal in the first direction and a second drive arrangement for urging the actuator and linked foot pedal in the second direction. An arrangement for selectively uncoupling the foot pedal from the actuator is provided.