Motor vehicles – Manually actuated controlling devices – Multiple vehicle functions controllable by single device
Patent
1986-08-21
1988-02-02
Love, John J.
Motor vehicles
Manually actuated controlling devices
Multiple vehicle functions controllable by single device
74471XY, B60K 2600
Patent
active
047224169
ABSTRACT:
A control device and system for the operation of a motor vehicle by a single joystick device. The device and system includes a pair of hydraulic cylinders, one connected to and between the vehicle and the brake pedal and the other to and between the vehicle and the acceleration pedal, a position limiting spring located within each hydraulic cylinder, a pressure regulator for maintaining a constant feed pressure from the vehicle's own hydraulic pump, a control valve for each cylinder mounted between the feed source and each hydraulic cylinder which is responsive to input signals provided by the hand operable joystick, a double port hydraulic steering cylinder integrally connected to the steering system and fed by the same hydraulic source, the steering cylinder being regulated by a double port pressure control valve which is also responsive to the same hand operable joystick.
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Love John J.
Weaver Ross
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