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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Geoffrey David Bootle, Maidstone, GB;
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 1/04 ;
Abstract
A governor for use in an engine, the governor including a drive shaft and a plurality of weights carried by the drive shaft. The weights are rotatable with the drive shaft and are moveable relative to the drive shaft. A lever is moveable in response to movement of the weights, the lever being moveable against the action of a return biasing arrangement. The governor further includes a further arrangement for holding at least one of the weights against movement so as to permit adjustment of the operating speed of the governor.