Vehicle automatic speed warning and speed control device
First Claim
1. A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE SPEED OF AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE HAVING A DRIVER-OPERATED THROTTLE CONTROL MEMBER, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING POWER-OPERATED MEANS RESPONSIVE TO VEHICLE SPEED FOR ESTABLISHING A RESISTANCE TO ADVANCING MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTROL MEMBER AT A PREDETERMINED VEHICLE SPEED, MEANS ACTIVABLE TO DRIVINGLY INTERCONNECT SAID DRIVER-OPERATED THROTTLE CONTROL MEMBER AND SAID POWER-OPERATED MEANS WITH SAID POWER-OPERATED MEANS THEREBY BEING OPERABLE TO ADVANCE AND RETARD SAID CONTROL MEMBER WHEN THE VEHICLE SPEED IS BELOW AND ABOVE SAID PREDETERMINED SPEED RESPECTIVELY WHEREBY SAID POWEROPERATED MEANS CDONSTITUTES AN AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE AND MAINTAINS IT AT SAID PREDETERMINED SPEED, AND DREVER-OPERATED MEANS FOR RENDERING SAID POWER-OPERATED MEANS INOPERABLE TO ACTUATE SAID CONTROL MEMBER AND THEREBY DISABLING SAID AUTOMATIC CONTROL WITH SAID POWER-OPERATED MEANS REMAINING OPERABLE FOR ESTABLISHING SAID RESISTANCE AT SAID PREDETERMINED SPEED SAID DRIVER OPERABLE MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING SAID AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF SAID VEHICLE SPEED INCLUDING A CONTROL CIRCUIT WITH DRIVER-OPERATED MEANS CAPABLE OF ACTIVATION AT ANY SPEED BELOW SAID PREDETERMINED SPEED SO THAT SAID AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF SAID VEHICLE SPEED WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED, IN THE ABSENCE OF DRIVER OVERRIDE, WHENEVER THE VEHICLE ATTAINS THE PREDETERMINED SPEED, SAID MEANS FOR ACTIVATING SAID AUTOMATIC CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING A MANUALLY OPERABLE SWITCH MEANS AND A VEHICLE SPEED RESPONSIVE SWITCH MEANS ARRANGED IN SERIES AND CONNECTED TO A POWER SOURCE.
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1. A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE SPEED OF AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE HAVING A DRIVER-OPERATED THROTTLE CONTROL MEMBER, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING POWER-OPERATED MEANS RESPONSIVE TO VEHICLE SPEED FOR ESTABLISHING A RESISTANCE TO ADVANCING MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTROL MEMBER AT A PREDETERMINED VEHICLE SPEED, MEANS ACTIVABLE TO DRIVINGLY INTERCONNECT SAID DRIVER-OPERATED THROTTLE CONTROL MEMBER AND SAID POWER-OPERATED MEANS WITH SAID POWER-OPERATED MEANS THEREBY BEING OPERABLE TO ADVANCE AND RETARD SAID CONTROL MEMBER WHEN THE VEHICLE SPEED IS BELOW AND ABOVE SAID PREDETERMINED SPEED RESPECTIVELY WHEREBY SAID POWEROPERATED MEANS CDONSTITUTES AN AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE AND MAINTAINS IT AT SAID PREDETERMINED SPEED, AND DREVER-OPERATED MEANS FOR RENDERING SAID POWER-OPERATED MEANS INOPERABLE TO ACTUATE SAID CONTROL MEMBER AND THEREBY DISABLING SAID AUTOMATIC CONTROL WITH SAID POWER-OPERATED MEANS REMAINING OPERABLE FOR ESTABLISHING SAID RESISTANCE AT SAID PREDETERMINED SPEED SAID DRIVER OPERABLE MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING SAID AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF SAID VEHICLE SPEED INCLUDING A CONTROL CIRCUIT WITH DRIVER-OPERATED MEANS CAPABLE OF ACTIVATION AT ANY SPEED BELOW SAID PREDETERMINED SPEED SO THAT SAID AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF SAID VEHICLE SPEED WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED, IN THE ABSENCE OF DRIVER OVERRIDE, WHENEVER THE VEHICLE ATTAINS THE PREDETERMINED SPEED, SAID MEANS FOR ACTIVATING SAID AUTOMATIC CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING A MANUALLY OPERABLE SWITCH MEANS AND A VEHICLE SPEED RESPONSIVE SWITCH MEANS ARRANGED IN SERIES AND CONNECTED TO A POWER SOURCE.
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Current AssigneeJoseph C. Littmann, Richard G. Marshall
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Original AssigneeJoseph C. Littmann, Richard G. Marshall
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InventorsMarshall, Richard G., Littmann, Joseph C.
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Application NumberUS04/057,751Time in Patent Office2,441 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current180/174CPC Class CodesB60K 31/14 having an electrical switch...
