Patent ID: 7513113
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
1. A control system for a drive system of a vehicle, the vehicle including a vehicle ignition switch having an off position and a run position, and a vehicle brake mechanism having a brake on position and a brake off position, the control system comprising: an electrically driven vehicle drive control in communication with the drive system of the vehicle, the electrically driven vehicle drive control having a neutral position, a forward position and a reverse position; and an operator control in controlled communication with the electrically driven vehicle drive control and in communication with the vehicle ignition switch and the vehicle brake mechanism, the operator control having a neutral position, a forward position, and a reverse position; wherein the operator control is allowed to communicate with the electrically driven vehicle drive control when: the ignition switch is moved to the run position; the brake mechanism is set to the brake off position; and the operator control is initially set to, and then moved from, the neutral position to either the forward position or the reverse position.