Electric governor for internal combustion engine or the like

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, AN ENGINE, POWER CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING AN ELEMENT OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID ENGINE AND MOVABLE BETWEEN ONE POSITION CORRESPONDING TO HIGH ENGINE POWER THROUGH A SERIES OF INTERMEDIATE POSITIONS CORRESPONDING TO INTERMEDIATE VALUES OF ENGINE POWER TO ANOTHER POSITION CORRESPONDING TO A MINIMUM VALUE OF ENGINE POWER, MEANS FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL CORRESPONDING TO A DESIRED SPEED OF OPERATION OF SAID ENGINE, AND AN ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS COMPRISING A COIL OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SIGNAL MEANS AND ENERGIZED THEREBY, AN ARMATURE ATTRACTED BY SAID COIL, AND REFERENCE MEANS BIASING SAID ARMATURE RELATIVE TO SAID COIL, SAID ARMATURE BEING MOVABLE BY ATTRACTION OF SAID COIL AGAINST THE ACTION OF SAID REFERENCE MEANS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENERGIZATION OF SAID COIL BY SAID SIGNAL, FROM ONE POSITION THROUGH A SERIES OF INTERMEDIATE POSITIONS TO ANOTHER POSITION, SAID ARMATURE BEING MECHANICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID POWER CONTROL MEANS ELEMENT TO POSITION THE LATTER IN THAT ONE OF ITS POSITIONS CORRESPONDING TO THE POSITION OF SAID ARMATURE, AND A MECHANICAL GOVERNOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID POWER CONTROL MEANS ELEMENT INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID ARMATURE AND EFFECTIVE TO PREVENT THE SPEED HIGHER THAN SAID DESIRED SPEED OF ROTATION OF SAID ENGINE FROM EXCEEDING A PREDETERMINED SPEED IRRESPECTIVE OF SAID SIGNAL MEANS AND SAID ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS.