Patent 7955217 was granted and assigned to Caterpillar Inc. on June, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A power train is provided having a power source operably coupled to a transmission to transmit a power output to at least one traction device. The power train also has a controller configured to regulate the power output so that the power output generated when the at least one traction device is moving at a maximum speed is the maximum power output that the power source and the transmission are capable of producing.