公开(公告)号：US5525844A

公开(公告)日：1996-06-11

申请号：US365441

申请日：1994-12-28

申请人： William W. Doolittle, III ,  Robert G. Malcolm

发明人： William W. Doolittle, III ,  Robert G. Malcolm

IPC分类号： B60R11/02 ,  H01Q1/10 ,  H01Q1/32

CPC分类号： H01Q1/3275 ,  H01Q1/103

摘要： Automotive vehicles equipped with automatic or standard transmissions and having automatically extending and retracting radio antennas are equipped with an arrangement for automatically retracting the antennas upon shifting from drive to neutral. Many car washes are equipped with endless belts or chains which engage and tow automotive vehicles through car washes. Before being towed, the drivers must shift to neutral. Drivers are also advised to lower radio antennas. By causing automatic lowering of radio antennas upon shifting from drive to neutral, drivers need no longer remember to retract their antennas. In order to have the arrangement operate effectively, there is about a 10 second delay in retracting the antennas upon shifting to neutral and extension immediately upon shifting out of neutral. An over-ride is provided should the driver for one reason or another desire to leave the transmission in neutral for a period of time greater than 10 seconds.

摘要翻译： 配备有自动或标准传输并具有自动延伸和收回无线电天线的汽车车辆配备有用于在从驱动器变为中立时自动缩回天线的装置。 许多洗车车都装有无尽的皮带或链条，通过洗车来吸引和拖曳机动车辆。 在被拖走之前，司机必须转向中立。 还建议驾驶员降低无线电天线。 通过在从驱动器变为空档时引起无线电天线的自动降低，驾驶员不必再记得撤回其天线。 为了使该装置有效地运行，在移出空档时立即将天线缩回到中立位置并立即延伸约10秒的延迟。 如果司机因某种原因或另一方面希望将变速器置于空档中超过10秒的时间段，则提供超车。

公开(公告)号：US5966984A

公开(公告)日：1999-10-19

申请号：US892714

申请日：1997-07-15

申请人： Thomas S. Moore ,  William W. Doolittle, III

发明人： Thomas S. Moore ,  William W. Doolittle, III

IPC分类号： F02N15/06 ,  B60K41/02

CPC分类号： F02N15/068 ,  Y10T477/71 ,  Y10T74/13 ,  Y10T74/134

摘要： A starting assembly for an automotive vehicle is connected to the clutch pedal thereof. The pivoting of the clutch pedal (in a clockwise direction in FIG. 1) pulls a clutch connector. The clutch connector pivots a clutch lever (in a counterclockwise direction in FIG. 1) which, in turn, actuates a translator. The translator transforms and translates the pivoting movement of the clutch lever into a linear movement of a starter pinion gear to engage the starter ring gear. The hyper-pivoting of the clutch pedal forces the closure of a contact switch which provides power for an electric motor (not shown) to rotate the starter pinion gear and, therefore, start the internal combustion engine of the automotive vehicle.

摘要翻译： 用于机动车辆的起动组件连接到其离合器踏板。 离合器踏板（图1中的顺时针方向）的枢转拉动离合器连接器。 离合器连接器使离合器杆（图1中的逆时针方向）枢转，这又驱动翻译器。 转换器将离合器杆的枢转运动转换并转换成起动器小齿轮的线性运动以接合起动器齿圈。 离合器踏板的超级枢转迫使接触开关的关闭，该接触开关为电动机（未示出）提供动力以旋转起动器小齿轮，并因此启动机动车辆的内燃机。

公开(公告)号：US5941595A

公开(公告)日：1999-08-24

申请号：US851263

申请日：1997-05-05

申请人： Del C. Schroeder ,  John G. Argeropoulos ,  Mark E. Gleason ,  Mike Zabat ,  Rolls F. Forster ,  William W. Doolittle, III

发明人： Del C. Schroeder ,  John G. Argeropoulos ,  Mark E. Gleason ,  Mike Zabat ,  Rolls F. Forster ,  William W. Doolittle, III

IPC分类号： B62D35/00

CPC分类号： B62D35/007

摘要： A method and apparatus for increasing the reducing the lift and drag of a soft top passenger vehicle having a soft top having first and second edges in which the point at which flow over the vehicle separates is determined by conventional techniques and an aerodynamic deflector is provided and attached to the roof of the vehicle forward of the separation point at a position that maximizes aerodynamic efficiency.

摘要翻译： 一种用于增加减轻具有具有第一和第二边缘的软顶部的软顶乘客车辆的提升和牵引的方法和装置，其中车辆上方的流动分离的点由传统技术确定，并且提供空气动力学偏转器， 在使空气动力学效率最大化的位置附接到车辆前方的分离点的车顶。