Lost motion link
AssigneeAmerican Motors Corporation
InventorRobert M. Thomas
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Abstract
A lost motion link for allowing selective control of the throttle valve of a vehicle engine between accelerator pedal linkage and speed control system linkage comprises: an elongated body having an enclosed longitudinal passage dimensioned to receive an enlarged cable terminus, an integral flange for pivotally mounting the body to the throttle valve actuator, and a restricted portion of the longitudinal passage entraining the terminus in the body.
Claims12
A lost motion assembly for providing a selective lost motion connection with a movable member, comprising:
- a control cable having an enlarged terminus shiftable between a range of positions, and
- a link for selective lost motion connection between said movable member and said control cable, wherein said link comprises an elongated body having integral mounting means for pivotally mounting said body on the movable member, a longitudinal passage through said body dimensioned to receive the terminus of the control cable at one end and permitting free movement of the movable member relative to the cable when the cable is shifted to a selected one extreme of its range of positions, and means on said body for restricting displacement of said terminus within said passage at an opposite end of said passage.
In combination with a throttle valve linkage having an accelerator cable and a speed control cable shiftable through a range of positions for controlling the angular position of the valve and means for coupling each of said cables to a movable valve control member having a range of positions, the improvement comprising:
- an enlarged terminus on the speed control cable;
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- a lost motion link for providing a selective lost motion connection between the movable valve control member and the control cable and wherein said lost motion link comprises:
- an enlongated body having integral mounting means for pivotally mounting said body on the movable member, a longitudinal passage dimensioned to an receiving the terminus of the control cable at one end and permitting free movement of the movable member relative to the cable when the cable is shifted to a selected one extreme of its range of positions, and means for restricting displacement of said terminus within said passage at an end of said passage opposite to said one end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.