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Patent No.:

US 9365228 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2014

Coast control systems and methods

Applicants:

Robert Clay Dunigan, Benson, NC (US);

Jeff Monico, Grimesland, NC (US);

Alex Evans, Greenville, NC (US);

Allen Brock, Greenville, NC (US);

Lisa French, Greenville, NC (US);

Inventors:

Robert Clay Dunigan, Benson, NC (US);

Jeff Monico, Grimesland, NC (US);

Alex Evans, Greenville, NC (US);

Allen Brock, Greenville, NC (US);

Lisa French, Greenville, NC (US);

Assignee:

Hyster - Yale Group, Inc., Fairview, OR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Melanie Torres William

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62B 5/04 (2006.01); B60T 7/14 (2006.01); B66F 9/20 (2006.01); B62D 51/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62B 5/0414 (2013.01); B60T 7/14 (2013.01); B66F 9/20 (2013.01); B62D 51/002 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a coast control system, or dead-man brake inhibitor, is associated with a tiller arm that is used for steering a vehicle. A spring acts upon the tiller arm when an operator releases a control handle attached to the tiller arm to move the tiller arm to a braking position which causes an electronically or mechanically actuated brake to be applied. Before releasing the control handle, the operator may actuate the coast control system to inhibit movement of the tiller arm towards the braking position when the control handle is released. The operator may vertically reposition the tiller arm while the coast control system remains actuated by overcoming the inhibiting force applied by the coast control system when the tiller arm is moved toward the braking position and by overcoming the spring acting on the tiller arm when the tiller arm is moved away from the braking position.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Dunigan, Robert. (2016). Coast control systems and methods (U.S. Patent No. 9365228). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9365228

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