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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. 13, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Verne C Watts, Lisbon, ND (US);
Assignee:
Clark Equipment Company, South Bend, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 / ; 192 / ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a brake actuated shift control for mobile self propelled machines to reduce premature brake wear leading to brake failure caused when a brake is engaged and, during brake engagement, a transmission coupled to the machine transmits power to a coupled drive wheel engaging a surface. The transmission has a plurality of selectable ranges corresponding inversely to a plurality of transmission output torques. A shift actuation control is coupled to the transmission to cause the transmission to shift to a higher range when the brake is applied with the transmission in a low range, so as to reduce the transmission output torque.