Patent ID: 6942596

Claim:
A control for a hydrostatic transmission having a swashplate and connecting an engine to a pair of wheels on a vehicle, wherein said engine has an engine speed, said wheels rotate to cause a rotation, and said vehicle is operating at varying speeds, the control comprising: a throttle having varying positions that vary the rotation of the wheels; a brake having varying positions that varies the rotation of the wheels; means for sensing a position of the throttle and converting the throttle position to a commanded engine speed; means for sensing a position of the brake; means for sensing the speed of the vehicle; an electronic control unit that receives the commanded engine speed, brake position, and vehicle speed and sets a swashplate position, wherein the swashplate position is determined by the commanded engine speed and brake position when the vehicle is accelerating and by the vehicle speed and brake position when the vehicle is decelerating; and means for sensing the position of the swashplate and adjusting the position of the swashplate as determined by the electronic control unit.