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Electronic control pedal and position sensing device and assembly method

  • US 6,460,429 B1
  • Filed: 10/27/2000
  • Issued: 10/08/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electronic control pedal comprising:

  • a mounting bracket for mounting the pedal to a vehicle wall;

    a shaft rotatably carried by the bracket;

    a pedal beam operable with the shaft for rotation thereof;

    hysteresis means operable with the pedal beam for providing a mechanical response to movement of a pedal pad; and

    a position sensor responsive to movement of the pedal beam, the position sensor comprising;

    a housing carried by the mounting bracket the housing having an opening therein for receiving the shaft therethrough;

    a potentiometer carried within the housing, the potentiometer having a slider member sidable with a substrate in only a linear direction for providing an electrical output responsive to a linear displacement of the slider member along the substrate;

    a drive arm rotatable by the shaft, the drive arm operable with the slider member for providing the linear displacement thereto resulting from a rotation thereof, the drive arm having a first arm member operable with a second arm member for telescoping adjustment therewith along a drive arm longitudinal axis of the drive arm for securing at a fixed position thereto, the drive arm longitudinal axis radially extending from the axis of rotation of the shaft, wherein a slot within the drive arm has a slot longitudinal axis positioned at a non-zero angle to the drive arm longitudinal axis; and

    a coupler sidable within the slot, the coupler connected to the slider member for providing the linear displacement thereto.

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