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US 2017/0072990 A1Published application
Vehicle Control Systems and Methods
AssigneeMTD Products Inc
InventorsRichard Ruebusch, Timothy M. Obrzut, Hans Hauser, Axel Schaedler
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Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling the speed and direction of vehicles such as tractors.
Claims12
A vehicle control system comprising:
- a first plate that has two cams and that rotates in a first plane;
- and
- a pair of drive cam plates coupled to the first plate, both drive cam plates being rotatable at the same time in response to a speed input.
A vehicle control system comprising:
- a steering pinion;
- a sector gear that engages the pinion;
- a plate that is coupled to the sector gear, the plate having a pair of cams;
- two followers, one of which engages one of the cams and the other follower engages the other cam;
- and
- a linkage system coupled to the followers, the linkage system being coupled a transmission system.
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A vehicle control system comprising:
- a steering pinion;
- a rack that engages the pinion, each end of the rack being coupled to a steerable structure;
- a sector gear that engages the pinion;
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- a linkage system coupled to the sector gear such that rotating the steering pinion manipulates the linkage system, the linkage system being configured to provide at least one drive input to a transmission system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.