Device for transmitting the position of a control element which can be actuated by the driver of a vehicle

In a device for transmitting the position of a control element for operation of the engine of a motor vehicle which control element is actuatable by the driver of a vehicle between an idling position and a full-gas position, there being a setting member and an electric transmission means and an electric set-value transmitter, which set-value transmitter is operated in response to the control element via said electric transmission means for displacing said setting member between an idling position and a full gas position in correspondence with displacement of the control element, said device comprising an actuating member which controls the fuel/air mixture of an internal combustion engine, said setting member being coupled by coupling means to said actuating member, there being at least one mechanical safety transmission element arranged between the control element of the set-value transmitter and the actuating member, by which transmission element the position of the control element can be transmitted to the actuating member;

• the improvement wherein
• said coupling means is formed as a controllable coupling arranged between the setting member and a lever of the actuating member, the coupling being responsive to a control signal for automatically opening in the case of a disturbance.