Cruise control system for a vehicle

Details Cruise control system for a vehicle Cruise control system for a vehicle

1998-03-18

1999-08-10

Camby, Richard M.

Motor vehicles

With means responsive to speed of vehicle for maintaining...

180178, B60K 3102

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059344008

ABSTRACT:
A cruise control system for a vehicle comprises an accelerator linkage that is linked to the input lever of a variable speed transmission. The accelerator linkage is biased to neutral, but can be moved against the bias by an operator who pushes down on an accelerator. A cruise control link which is separate from the accelerator linkage has one end coupled to the accelerator linkage by a pin and slot connection. The cruise control link can be locked in a fixed position by an electromagnet that can be selectively energized by the operator. A spring normally keeps the pin on the cruise control link in engagement with a forward end of the slot carried on the accelerator linkage to prevent the accelerator linkage from returning to neutral when the cruise control link is locked in place by the electromagnet. However, the operator can temporarily increase the vehicle speed since additional forward movement of the accelerator linkage is permitted by the length of the slot. This additional forward movement of the accelerator linkage does not lose or destroy the current fixed setting of the cruise control link.

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