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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:
Jun. 15, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Krauss Maffei AG, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ; B62D / ; B64F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180 146 ; 180904 ; 36442601 ;
Abstract
An aircraft towing tractor has its acceleration limited to a predetermined limiting acceleration to reduce stresses upon the aircraft undercarriage by a computer-controlled regulator interposed between the gas pedal and the internal combustion engine. The regulator can also provide control of the speed increase of the engine below a predetermined limiting value thereof prior to control of the limiting acceleration.