Patent ID: 7111699
Filing Date: 2006-09-26
Classification: F02D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle comprising: a frame; a plurality of wheels; an engine supported on said frame, said engine having a throttle system; a transmission operably coupled between said engine and said plurality of wheels operable to transmit a driving force from said engine to at least one of said plurality of wheels; a ground speed feedback shaft operably coupled with said transmission to provide a ground speed feedback torque in response to a ground speed of the vehicle; an engine speed feedback shaft operably coupled with said engine to provide an engine speed feedback torque in response to a revolutionary speed of said engine; a ground speed governor system operably coupled between said ground speed feedback shaft and said throttle system for limiting operation of said throttle system in response to said ground speed feedback torque; and an idle speed governor system having an adjustment mechanism operably connectable between said engine speed feedback shaft and said throttle system for actuating said throttle system in response to said engine speed feedback torque, wherein a feedback force transmitted from said feedback shaft to said throttle system is based on a position of said adiustment mechanism.