Claims
- 1. A brake holding system for a vehicle having in combination, a brake pedal, master cylinder, a vacuum system and a power supply, which comprises:
- a connecting steel wire connected at one end to a brake pedal extension arm of said brake pedal,
- a vacuum actuator means connected to the other end of said connecting steel wire for pulling said connecting steel wire when said vacuum actuator is connected to a vacuum source,
- an on-off member means for selectively connecting said vacuum actuator to said vacuum source when actuated, with connection being made in an on position, but not in an off position,
- control means for selectively actuating said on-off member means,
- said control means including a button means operable by a seated operator for setting said on-off member means in the on position to connect said vacuum actuator to said vacuum source, a speed monitoring sensor mounted to sense movement of an odometer cable, and a shaft sensor means mounted to sense rotational movement of a driven shaft,
- said control means also including means responsive to sensed movement by at least one of said sensors for preventing the operation of said button means from setting said on-off member means in the on position; and
- said control means also including a releasing switch means which is operated in response to the depression of an accelerator pedal and functions to position the on-off member means in the off position.
- 2. A brake holding system for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said driven shaft is a drive shaft which is connected to rotate rear wheels of the vehicle.
- 3. A brake holding system for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said driven shaft is on axle which is connected to rotate a front wheel of the vehicle.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/677,419 filed on Mar. 29, 1991, now abandoned.
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