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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:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Geoffrey D Ginzel, Lafayette, IN (US);
George W Mattson, Lacon, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D / ; F02D / ; F02P / ; F02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701-2 ; 701 93 ; 701 96 ; 701110 ; 180167 ; 123335 ; 123350 ; 123333 ; 12333921 ; 12340612 ; 12340624 ; 12340626 ;
Abstract
An engine speed command selector and method of selecting an engine speed command signal from two command signals includes a selector switch having a local and a remote position, a local low indicator, a local high indicator, a local mode indicator and a remote mode indicator; the engine speed command selector permits an operator to change between local and remote mode when a local engine speed command is within a predetermined tolerance of a remote engine speed command and the operator has moved the selector switch to the desired mode position.