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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6758115 | Adjustable brake, clutch and accelerator pedals An adjustable control pedal for a motor vehicle includes a pivotable upper pedal arm having a slot formed therein, a link pivotable relative to the upper pedal arm, and a lower pedal arm having an upper end pivotably connected to the link and a lower end carrying a ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6758114 | Electronic throttle control accelerator pedal mechanism with mechanical hysteresis provider A control pedal assembly for a motor vehicle includes a support structure, a pedal arm pivotally mounted to the support structure and carrying a pedal, and a sensor for detecting rotation of the pedal arm and sending an electrical signal to a control device indicati... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6752038 | System for releasing a pedal of a motor vehicle in the event of a frontal impact In a system for releasing a pedal of a motor vehicle in the event of a frontal impact, the pedal includes a first, inner element which is transversely pivoted on a support secured to a front portion of the body of the vehicle and is able to operate a control rod, an... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6745642 | Accelerator pedal assembly An accelerator pedal assembly comprises a pedal arm, a pedal shaft, a return spring and a frictional force generating mechanism for generating frictional force according to movement of the pedal arm. The frictional force generating mechanism has a sliding guide path... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6742411 | Brake pedal apparatus for automotive vehicle A brake pedal apparatus for an automotive vehicle is disclosed as including a pedal bracket 2, a pivot bracket 3, a slide plate 9 fixedly secured to a vehicular body structural member 41, 52, and an impact absorbing section 10 loca... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6739212 | Adjustable pedal controller with obstruction detection An adjustable control pedal for a motor vehicle includes an upper arm, a lower arm supported by the upper arm and operatively connected to the upper arm for selected movement relative to the upper arm, and a drive assembly operatively connected to the lower arm to s... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6732035 | Adjustable pedal assembly for a motor vehicle with a safety feature An adjustable pedal system for a motor vehicle is presented. The system includes an adjustable pedal assembly being movable to at least two pedal positions and an adjustable pedal module, responsive to a pedal command, to control the movement of the adjustable pedal... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6722226 | Adjustable pedal assembly A locationally adjustable actuator is provided having a force input to a rod operatively associated with an automotive vehicle control. The actuator includes two parallelogram linkages which link an actuator pedal to a rod link which is pivotally connected with a ro... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6722225 | Pedal mechanism A pedal lever (2) for actuation with the foot is connected to an actuating element (18) by a spring element (12) in such a manner that an actuating force is introduced directly or by a component (13), but the restoring force introduced in... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6719083 | Vehicle master cylinder attachment structure An attachment structure for a vehicle master cylinder that suppresses displacement of a pedal towards the rear of the vehicle to make it possible to maintain large legroom in front of the driver's seat. A clutch pedal is fitted to a dashboard via a pedal bracket. Th... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718845 | Pedal assembly with radially overlying sensor and hysteresis A brake cover (18) and shaft (24) rotate with a pedal lever (20) relative to a central section (14) of the housing (12) rotate a pedal gear (76). The pedal gear (76) rotates a sensor gear (74) to rotate a senso... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6708792 | Rearward displacement prevention mechanism for vehicle control pedals A guide member connected to a pedal bracket in a rearward displacement prevention mechanism guides one end of a pedal bracket downward toward the rear of a vehicle along a longitudinal side of the vehicle when the pedal bracket is released from a guide member, and a... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6701800 | Pedal support structure for vehicle A pedal support structure for use in a vehicle contains a toe board, a steering support beam, a master cylinder, a pair of pedal support elements including pedal support portions, a supporting mechanism provided between the pedal support portions supporti... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6701799 | Adjustable automobile pedal system A pedal adjustment system for an automobile having an accelerator cable and a master cylinder pushrod with a free end, the system having a brake pedal secured to a lower end of a brake pedal arm and an accelerator pedal secured to a lower end of an accele... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6698309 | Direct drive adjustable pedal assembly A pair of first (14) and second (34) pedal levers is pivotally supported for rotation by a support (12). A pair of adjustment mechanisms (21, 41) interconnect the support (12) and the respective pedal levers (14, 34) and include rods (28, 48) for adjustin... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6684987 | Motor-driven feedback mechanism A motor-driven feedback mechanism for a braking pedal. A pedal is linked to a shaft and a bi-directional motor capable of operating in a first and a second direction is linked to the shaft. A gearbox is driven by the bi-directional motor and the gearbox i... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6684734 | Pedal assembly for musical instruments A pedal assembly for a bass drum or high hat cymbals. A flat base plate has a resilient pedal board clamped to it with the pedal board inclined to receive a foot. A beater stick is connected with the toe end of the pedal board by a linkage that drives the... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6679135 | Energy absorbing brake pedal An apparatus (10) for actuating a braking system of a vehicle (12) comprises a brake pedal (30) and an actuating member (36) movable to actuate the braking system. A release mechanism (40) is connected between the brake pedal (30) and the actuating member... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6679366 | Clutch release arrangement A release arrangement for a hydraulically actuated clutch in a motor vehicle has an energy accumulator connected with a hydraulic system. The energy accumulator is connected with a pedal via a kinematic arrangement which adapts the pedal forces to the ped... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6674030 | Intelligent surgical footpedal with low noise, low resistance vibration feedback A surgical footpedal includes a treadle size for receiving a user's foot and adapted for enabling depression thereof in order to activate signals for control of associated surgical apparatus. A vibrator is disposed on the treadle for vibrating the treadle... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6668680 | Noise and vibration reducing flex-cable assembly A flexible drive cable assembly for a powered adjustable seat, powered adjustable pedals or the like of a motor vehicle. The flexible drive cable assembly includes an elongate flexible core for transmitting movement from a first end of the core to a secon... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6666105 | Brake pedal apparatus In a brake pedal apparatus, as a brake pedal is depressed when an engaging device and a receiving portion are engaged with each other, a second lever member pivots about a second pivot pin. At this point, when the pedaling force is smaller than a threshol... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6662677 | Adjustable pedal assembly (banana rod) Four embodiments of an adjustable pedal assembly wherein a pedal lever is adjustable along a rod. Each assembly is characterized by the rod (116, 216, 316 and 416) being arcuate or curved, e.g., in an arc, between its connection to a support (112, 212, 31... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6662915 | Hydraulic park brake booster mechanism A brake assembly is provided for implementation with a brake system and includes a support bracket, a master cylinder supported by the support bracket and operable to provide hydraulic pressure to the brake system, an accumulator piston extending from the... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6658964 | Acceleration pedal device of automobile An acceleration pedal device of an automobile, the device comprising: an acceleration pedal arm movably mounted by manipulating power of a driver; an acceleration cable connected to the acceleration pedal arm for being strained or relaxed according to mov... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6658963 | Pedal mechanism A pedal mechanism 20 requires a friction mechanism for producing the force hysteresis in the pedal to ensure the correct, desirable pedal `feel`. A pedal arm 18 is pivoted in a housing 24. Friction is produced with a piston 28,128 which is urged by resett... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6655489 | Pedal displacement prevention structure for a vehicle and a vehicle thereof A vehicular pedal displacement prevention structure has a rotatable lever, which can be brought into contact with a pedal arm, provided at an end of an extending side of a pedal bracket, and a guide member opposed to the rotatable lever provided in a deck... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6655231 | Pedal adjuster for electronic throttle control A pedal adjuster for electronic throttle control includes a pedal arm and support arm pivotally mounted to a bracket. An electronic throttle control unit is mounted to the bracket at the pivot point of the pedal arm assembly. A screw rod drive mechanism e... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6655230 | Vehicle pedal assembly A brake pedal assembly 12 for a vehicle includes a pedal 14 and a foot pad 16 operatively engageable by the operator of a vehicle. The pedal assembly 12 also includes a collapsible push rod 22 or 22' connected between the lever 14 and a hydraulic actuator... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6648105 | Golf car having disk brakes and single point latching brake A golf car having a hydraulic fluid brake system. The hydraulic fluid brake system is implemented as a disk brake system which is responsive to hydraulic fluid pressure generated from a master cylinder. A brake pedal and associated linkage provides input ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6634466 | Brake pedal fastener An improved brake pedal fastener adapted for use with a tandem-type braking system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the brake pedal fastener is expandable and biased toward a closed position so that the fastener can be securely applied to and removed from... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6634669 | Vehicle air bag minimum distance enforcement apparatus, method and system A vehicle safety device includes a seat mounted within a passenger compartment of the vehicle, in which the seat is movably connected to a vehicle frame by a seat position adjusting mechanism that allows the seat to move along an axis between a forward-mo... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6629472 | Adjustable pedal for vehicles The invention relates to an adjustable pedal for vehicles and implements, comprising the pedal tread and the pedal arm together with devices for holding connections for the actuating links and for mounting the pedal on the pedal bracket, in which the peda... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6626061 | Accelerator pedal device An accelerator pedal device includes a pedal arm, a liner, a hysteresis lever, and a spring. The pedal arm is pivotally supported on a housing and tilted by accelerator manipulation. The liner is formed on the pedal arm in the vicinity of a pivoting point... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6622589 | Manual control apparatus A manual control apparatus, such as a control pedal, is configured for drive-by-wire control systems, and similar applications. In one aspect, the manual control apparatus comprises a hysteresis mechanism that provides more precise and ma controllable hys... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6622584 | Actuator for operating the foot pedals of a motor vehicle An actuator for operating the foot pedals of a motor vehicle with the aid of a servomotor. The actuator has two actuating arms which can be alternatingly actuated by selecting the direction of rotation of the servomotor. First and second coupling elements... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6619155 | Adjustable pedal apparatus A pedal-supporting apparatus includes a bracket support configured to pivotally support a brake pedal subassembly and an accelerator pedal subassembly. The brake pedal subassembly includes an upper section, a lower section, and an adjustment mechanism adj... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6615685 | Automotive pedal support structure To avoid a steering shaft changing its orientation during a frontal collision, an automotive pedal support structure equipped with an operating pedal is disposed behind a dash panel of an automotive vehicle and the steering shaft comprising a universal jo... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6615684 | Brake pedal assembly for motor vehicles A brake pedal mechanism (4) for motor vehicles with a pedal block(5), which is fastened to the body of the motor vehicle and accommodates a mount (18) for the pivot axis (17) of a rotatably mounted actuating pedal (6). The pedal (6) is provided with a ped... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6612200 | Pop out brake pedal A pedal assembly 10 for use in a vehicle 11 includes a pedal arm 100 that moves in a normal operating range between a rest position and an applied position under a normal operating load. The pedal arm 100 moves in a plane about an axis of rotation. The pe... | 09/02/2003 |
