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Adjustable accelerator pedal apparatus

  • US 5,913,946 A
  • Filed: 11/25/1997
  • Issued: 06/22/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An adjustable pedal apparatus for actuating a cable attached to a device within a vehicle, said adjustable pedal apparatus comprising:

  • a pedal lever having a first end;

    a rocker having a first point pivotally connected to a second end of said pedal lever;

    an adjuster link having a first end pivotally connected to a second point of said rocker and a second end pivotally connected to a first ground point;

    an anchor link having a first end pivotally connected to a second ground point and a second end pivotally connected to a third point on said rocker;

    a flexible cable housing having a first end attached to a fourth point on said rocker and a second end attached to a dash panel; and

    said cable connected to said pedal lever between said first end and said second end of said pedal lever and slidably disposed through said cable housing with a second end attached to the device for actuation;

    wherein said first end of said adjuster link and said second point of said rocker form a virtual ground point, such that adjustment of said adjuster link relative to said first ground point between a first position and a second position adjusts said first end of said pedal lever between corresponding first and second pedal positions.

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