Device for regulating an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle

A device for regulating the fuel flow to an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, with an electrical desired-value transmitter means adjustable between an idling position and a full-load position by an accelerator pedal, with an actuator means for actuating a regulating member, said regulating member being coupled mechanically to said actuator means, electrical control means connected between said desired-value transmitter means and said actuator for receiving set position signals from said transmitter means and sending output control signals to control said actuator means, and a mechanical transmission element of variable length connected between a connecting lever connected to said desired-value transmitter and said regulating member, the improvement comprising:

• drag lever means for connecting said accelerator pedal to said desired-value transmitter means, and for moving said connecting lever with said drag lever means during adjustment of said drag lever means in the direction of said full-load position;
• adjusting means for adjusting said connecting lever independently of said drag lever means if said drag lever means is not a full-load position;
• wherein said connecting lever is further connected to transmission signal output means for controlling the power transmission between said internal combustion engine and a vehicle drive, wherein said transmission signal output means is connected to a gear-change circuit for changing gears of an automatic transmission for controlling said circuit, wherein said mechanical transmission element is a connecting rod which has no play when moved in one direction and which is shortened in a step-increasing manner in an opposite direction by a resistance means.