Combination vehicle wheel spin and wheel slide control switch

Claim 1

COMBINED WHEEL-SPIN AND WHEEL-SLIDE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING SPINNING OR SLIDING OF A VEHICLE WHEEL DURING APPLICATION OF PROPULSION POWER OR BRAKING FORCE, RESPECTIVELY, TO THE WHEEL, SAID CONTROL APPARATUS COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF: (A) A SHAFT ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO AND ROTATED ACCORDING TO THE ROTATION OF THE VEHICLE WHEEL, (B) A ROTARY INERTIA MASS ROTATABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID SHAFT, (C) FIRST CAM MEANS THROUGH WHICH SAID ROTARY INERTIA MASS IS DRIVEN BY SAID SHAFT AND ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT OF SAID ROTARY INERTIA MASS OUT OF A CERTAIN ROTATIONAL POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID SHAFT OCCURS IN RESPONSE TO ANGULAR ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION OF SAID SHAFT, (D) A SECOND INERTIA MASS SUPPORTED ON THE VEHICLE AND HAVING LINEAR DISPLACEMENT RELATIVE THERETO IN RESPONSE TO LINEAR ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION OF THE VEHICLE, (E) A SWITCH-OPERATING STEM MOVABLE IN A CERTAIN AXIAL DIRECTION BY SAID FIRST CAM MEANS RESPONSIVELY TO ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT OF SAID ROTARY INERTIA MASS RELATIVE TO SAID SHAFT DUE TO ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION OF SAID SHAFT, (F) A SWITCH-CARRYING MEMBER, (G) SECOND CAM MEANS THROUGH WHICH AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID SWITCH-CARRYING MEMBER IN A DIRECTION CORRESPONDING TO SAID CERTAIN AXIAL DIRECTION IS EFFECTED RESPONSIVELY TO LINEAR DISPLACEMENT OF SAID SECOND INERTIA MASS OUT OF A CERTAIN LINEAR POSITION RELATIVE TO THE VEHICLE DUE TO ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION OF THE VEHICLE, AND (H) AN ELECTRICAL SWITCH DEVICES CARRIED BY SAID SWITCHCARRYING MEMBER AND HAVING ONE OPERATIVE POSITION AND ANOTHER OPERATIVE POSITION, (I) SAID SWITCH-OPERATING STEM AND SAID SWITCH-CARRYING MEMBER COOPERATING SO LONG AS THEY OCCUPY A CERTAIN AXIAL RELATION TO CAUSE SAID ELECTRICAL SWITCH DEVICE TO BE IN SAID ONE OPERATIVE POSITION AND BEING EFFECTIVE UPON MOVEMENT THEREOF OUT OF SAID CERTAIN AXIAL RELATION TO CAUSE OPERATION OF SAID ELECTRICAL SWITCH DEVICE TO SAID ANOTHER OPERATIVE POSITION.