Patent ID: 9126579
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B60K,B60W,B62D,F16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A control system for controlling a vehicle, the vehicle having a prime mover, a transmission having a control shaft and a pair of wheels, each of the pair of wheels coupled to a respective drive assembly and a respective brake assembly, the transmission coupling the prime mover to each one of the drive assemblies, the control system comprising: an electric actuator coupled to the control shaft of the transmission for controlling an output speed of the transmission and the forward and reverse motions of the vehicle, wherein the electric actuator is configured to rotate the control shaft of the transmission in a forward range of motion away from a neutral position and in a reverse range of motion away from the neutral position; and a brake switch having a brake position and a drive position, the brake switch for actuating each of the brake assemblies when in the brake position; wherein the electric actuator is driven to rotate the control shaft of the transmission to the neutral position when the brake switch is in the brake position and the control shaft is not in the neutral position.