US3343423A
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Automotive speed control system
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-02-08
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Granted: 1967-09-26
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Expires: 1985-02-08
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert H Thorner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 05:10
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60K; B60K31/00; B60K31/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
214 words
IN A CENTRIFUGAL WEIGHT MECHANISM TO PRODUCE CENTRIFUGAL FORCES ACTING ON MEANS OPERATED BY SAID MECHANISM, THE COMBINATION OF; A HOUSING INCLUDING A CURVED INTERNAL PERIMETRICAL SURFACE, SAID SURFACE INCLUDING A FIXED SEGMENT AND A SEGMENT MOVABLE IN SUBSTANTIALLY RADIAL DIRECTION IN RELATION TO SAID FIXED SEGMENT AND OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID OPERATED MEANS, WEIGHT MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND ADAPTED TO TRAVEL AROUNG SAID PERIMETRICAL SURFACE, ROTATING MEANS ACTING ON SAID WEIGHT MEANS TO DRIVE SAME AROUND SAID SURFACE AND TO URGE SAID WEIGHT MEANS AGAINST SAID SURFACE AS A RESULT OF CENTRIFUGAL FORCES PRODUCED BY SAID WEIGHT MEANS VARYING AS A FUNCTION OF THE ROTARY SPEED OF SAID ROTATING MEANS, FRICTIONLESS SWINGABLE MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID WEIGHT MEANS TO SAID ROTATING MEANS FOR ENABLING SUBSTANTIALLY FRICTIONLESS RADIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID WEIGHT MEANS IN RESPONSE TO SAID CENTRIFUGAL FORCES, SAID WEIGHT MEANS INCLUDING A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF SPEED WEIGHTS FOR ENABLING ONE OF SAID WEIGHTS TO BEAR ON SAID SEGMENT SUBSTANTIALLY AT ALL TIMES TO TRANSMIT CONSECUTIVELY SAID CENTRIFUGAL FORCES OF EACH OF SAID WEIGHT TO SAID MOVABLE SEGMENT FOR CAUSING SAID RADIAL MOVEMENT THEREOF IN RELATION TO SAID FIXED SEGMENT SUBSTANTIALLY INDEPENDENT OF PULSATIONS TO OPERATE SAID OPERATED MEANS IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN THE ROTARY SPEED OF SAID ROATATING MEANS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
214 words
IN A CENTRIFUGAL WEIGHT MECHANISM TO PRODUCE CENTRIFUGAL FORCES ACTING ON MEANS OPERATED BY SAID MECHANISM, THE COMBINATION OF; A HOUSING INCLUDING A CURVED INTERNAL PERIMETRICAL SURFACE, SAID SURFACE INCLUDING A FIXED SEGMENT AND A SEGMENT MOVABLE IN SUBSTANTIALLY RADIAL DIRECTION IN RELATION TO SAID FIXED SEGMENT AND OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID OPERATED MEANS, WEIGHT MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND ADAPTED TO TRAVEL AROUNG SAID PERIMETRICAL SURFACE, ROTATING MEANS ACTING ON SAID WEIGHT MEANS TO DRIVE SAME AROUND SAID SURFACE AND TO URGE SAID WEIGHT MEANS AGAINST SAID SURFACE AS A RESULT OF CENTRIFUGAL FORCES PRODUCED BY SAID WEIGHT MEANS VARYING AS A FUNCTION OF THE ROTARY SPEED OF SAID ROTATING MEANS, FRICTIONLESS SWINGABLE MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID WEIGHT MEANS TO SAID ROTATING MEANS FOR ENABLING SUBSTANTIALLY FRICTIONLESS RADIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID WEIGHT MEANS IN RESPONSE TO SAID CENTRIFUGAL FORCES, SAID WEIGHT MEANS INCLUDING A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF SPEED WEIGHTS FOR ENABLING ONE OF SAID WEIGHTS TO BEAR ON SAID SEGMENT SUBSTANTIALLY AT ALL TIMES TO TRANSMIT CONSECUTIVELY SAID CENTRIFUGAL FORCES OF EACH OF SAID WEIGHT TO SAID MOVABLE SEGMENT FOR CAUSING SAID RADIAL MOVEMENT THEREOF IN RELATION TO SAID FIXED SEGMENT SUBSTANTIALLY INDEPENDENT OF PULSATIONS TO OPERATE SAID OPERATED MEANS IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN THE ROTARY SPEED OF SAID ROATATING MEANS.
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