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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:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald M Berg, Lisbon, ND (US);
Larry E Albright, Gwinner, ND (US);
Assignee:
Clark Equipment Company, Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180273 ; 188 69 ;
Abstract
A traction lock for a vehicle, such as skid steer loader, which provides a lock member that engages rotary drive elements in to the final traction drive of the vehicle. The lock member is operated by signals that indicate a condition on the vehicle, such as the absence of an operator on an operator seat. The lock member is controlled by a solenoid which when energized will retract the lock member from a locking position and hold it retracted and when the solenoid is de-energized, the lock member moves to intercept a lug on a rotary drive element.