Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Foot operated
Patent
1975-06-20
1976-09-21
Wyche, Benjamin W.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Foot operated
123 98, 180105R, G05G 114
Patent
active
039812073
ABSTRACT:
A control to yieldably restrain the depression of the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle after a certain initial amount of depression. A spring is coupled at a first end to either the accelerator pedal or throttle linkage such that free travel of the accelerator pedal and linkage is allowed over a predetermined distance, and thereafter further movement of the accelerator pedal and linkage is opposed by the action of the spring second end being biased against a fixed portion of the motor vehicle.
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Bertsch Arville E.
Stant Ivan H.
Shoemaker F. D.
Wyche Benjamin W.
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