Patents by Inventor Kunibert Graf

Kunibert Graf has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device for electrically controlling the speed of travel
    Patent number: 4505357
    Abstract: A device for electrically controlling the speed of travel of an automotive vehicle, having a desired-value transmitter 2 which can be displaced by a gas pedal and whose output signal can act on a setting member 5 of a throttle valve 7. A pedal contact 14 can be acted on by the gas pedal 1 in such a manner that when the gas pedal 1 is moved out of the idling position, energy can be supplied to a unit which controls the speed of rotation of the engine. In series with the pedal contact 14 there is arranged a safety contact 15 which can be closed by mechanical actuation of the gas pedal 1 out of its idling position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1985
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventors: Manfred Pfalzgraf, Kunibert Graf