Patents Represented by Attorney B. Parad
  • Patent number: 4359867
    Abstract: A hydraulically actuated clutch booster utilizes a seat accumulator incorporated in a vehicle seat suspension circuit for a source of fluid pressure when the normal clutch booster fluid supply pump is not operating thereby providing hydraulic assist to operate the vehicle's clutch upon initial start up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Assignee: International Harvester Co.
    Inventor: William C. Swanson
  • Patent number: 4344334
    Abstract: A gear-shift mechanism for a motor vehicle having a change-speed transmission equipped with a speed-range selection device. The mechanism has a multi-speed gear-shift transmission unit and a range-shift transmission unit. The mechanism incorporates a shift control level whose movement can be transferred via a gear-selector passage and via several gear-shift passages to a gear-shaft which is supported in a rotating manner and can be axially moved inside a housing. The shaft loosely supports gear shifting levers which can be engaged on the shaft and locked in position in a non-revolving manner after an axial movement of the gear-shift shaft caused by the respective gear-selecting operations of the shift-control lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Assignee: International Harvester Co.
    Inventors: Klaus Schmittbetz, Karl D. S. Struchtrup