Interlock of parking brake and drive control pedals for utility vehicle

In a vehicle, such as a lawn and garden tractor, having an engine that drives a hydrostatic transmission and having forward and reverse pedals that control the hydrostatic transmission, an operator-actuated transmission locking mechanism locks the forward and reverse pedals in a neutral position. Th...

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Hauptverfasser: Rupiper, Christopher Lee, Ferree, John Franklin, Lee, Michael Charles
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In a vehicle, such as a lawn and garden tractor, having an engine that drives a hydrostatic transmission and having forward and reverse pedals that control the hydrostatic transmission, an operator-actuated transmission locking mechanism locks the forward and reverse pedals in a neutral position. The vehicle includes a parking brake that has a manually set portion to cause engagement of the parking brake. The transmission locking mechanism is mechanically connected to the manually set portion such that the manually set portion and the transmission locking mechanism are actuated together.