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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:
Oct. 16, 1990
Filed:
May. 19, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ludwig Pruss, Braunschweig, DE;
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192-003 ; 74859 ; 192-008 ; 192-121 ;
Abstract
In the embodiment described in the specification, a vehicle has a drive train that can be disengaged which extends from an engine through a transmission to the vehicle drive wheels. The engine has a device for increasing the engine speed which can be activated by the operator actuation of the accelerator or automatically by signals from a control unit. To prevent undesired increases in engine speed an arrangement is provided to automatically disable any increase is speed of the drive train when the accelerator is not activated, if the drive train has not been disengaged after passage of a predetermined period of time.