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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6523433 | Electronic pedal assembly and method for providing a tuneable hysteresis force An electronic throttle control pedal pivotally couples a lever arm to a pedal beam and biases the beam for resisting an applying force to the pedal beam and for biasing sliding surfaces together in frictional contact. A compression spring carried between ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6520046 | Accelerator pedal An accelerator pedal assembly has a mounting bracket and a pedal arm mounted to the bracket for pivotal movement between an idle position and a full throttle position. A biasing mechanism extends between the pedal arm and the bracket for urging the pedal ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6494115 | Left foot accelerator pedal A left foot accelerator pedal device which allows persons lacking sufficient functionality of the right foot or right leg to operate a motor vehicle accelerator pedal using their left foot. The device incorporates an accelerator pedal activator which enga... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6481311 | Pedal assembly supporting structure for automobile In a supporting structure for a brake pedal assembly pivotally mounted for rocking motion on the rear surface of a dash panel of an automobile through a first bracket, a front portion of the first bracket is fixed to the dash panel and a rear-end upper po... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6470768 | Accelerator with attachment of pedal arm In an accelerator, an acceleration rotor made of resin is rotatably supported in a support shaft, one end portion of a pedal arm is connected to an acceleration pedal, and the other end portion of the pedal arm is attached to attachment portions of the ac... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6467370 | Friction damper and pedal device for vehicle having the friction damper The damper includes a hollow cylindrical member having a groove extending in an axial direction along its inner peripheral surface. A movable member is disposed in the cylindrical member and is movable axially but non-rotationally. A spring is interposed ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467369 | Gas pedal A gas pedal for a motor vehicle has a pedal arm which is mounted pivotably in a holding part and has a restoring device, which slides along the rear side of the pedal arm, and a damping element for damping the movement of the pedal arm. A setpoint generat... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467564 | Device for manually controlling the acceleration system of an agricultural machine A device manually controls the acceleration system of a tractor having both a foot pedal accelerator and a hand lever accelerator which can be positioned at different heights above the ground. The acceleration control mechanism includes a first lever hing... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6460429 | Electronic control pedal and position sensing device and assembly method A position sensor for an electronic control pedal is carried by the pedal mounting bracket and includes a linear potentiometer having a slider operable along a substrate in only a linear direction for providing an output voltage representative of slider d... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6453768 | Pedal A pedal (2), in particular for a motor vehicle, has a pedal arm (6) which can be deflected at its first end region (8) by a force (4), in particular a foot force, is mounted at its second end region (10) in a manner such that it can pivot about a pivot sp... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6450062 | Friction damper and pedal device for vehicle having the friction damper The friction damper includes a hollow cylindrical member having an axially movable non-rotational member within the cylindrical member. A spring is disposed between the movable and cylindrical members. A rotating member lies within the cylindrical member ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6450061 | Adjustable pedal system with misalignment sensor An adjustable pedal system has a first pedal pivotally attached to the translatable nut of a first jack screw actuator for adjusting the fore and aft position of the first pedal and a second pedal pivotally attached to the translatable nut of a second jac... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6446526 | Pedal A pedal having a pivotably mounted pedal arm, which is prestressed into an initial position by means of a restoring-spring element designed as a leg spring, has a friction body which is prestressed against a friction surface by the restoring-spring elemen... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446525 | Suspended pedal support A disengageable pedal support for a foot control unit has a bearing bracket with two bearing arms and one bearing eyelet formed in each, the bearing eyelet having a continuation projecting laterally to the side of that bearing arm and facing the other bea... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6431304 | Three axis adjustable automotive foot controls A control pedal assembly for a vehicle. Two or more control pedals are engaged to a pedal mounting system base component through a number of components that are slideably engaged to one another. The construction and arrangement of the components that are ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6415682 | Pedal assembly with wedge fastener A pedal assembly includes a shaft having a pedal mounting end portion. A pedal with a shaft mounting end portion is coupled to the shaft. At least one wedge slidably engages the pedal mounting end portion and the shaft mounting end portion to couple the p... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6414607 | Throttle position sensor with improved redundancy and high resolution A throttle position sensor is provided with a plurality of sensing elements which allow the throttle position sensor to provide a high resolution output to measure the physical position of a manually movable member, such as a throttle handle, more accurat... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6401566 | Control lever having eccentrically mounted return spring A control lever assembly in the form of a foot pedal includes a pedal arm pivotally mounted on a shaft supported on a base or bracket, and a helical spring for returning the arm to a home position. Lateral displacement of the spring during loading thereof... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6397468 | Pedal arm assembly An improved vehicle pedal arm assembly made from a one or two-piece stamping of relatively thin gauge material. The preferred pedal arm assembly preferably includes an integral pedal pad. The opposite end of the stamping is formed or spread so that it is ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6364047 | Adjustable pedal assembly--floating floor An adjustable pedal assembly (10) includes two pedal mechanisms (12 and 14) disposed on a top side (16) of a carrier plate (18). Two parallel tracks (20 and 22) are disposed on a bottom side (24) of the carrier (18) for supporting the carrier (18) for mov... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6360631 | 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 devi... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6360629 | Adjustable pedal apparatus An adjustable pedal apparatus for a motor vehicle. The apparatus includes a pedal that can be translated in a longitudinal fashion parallel to the vehicle floor. The pedal is translated by use of a screw that is threadedly attached to the pedal and also p... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6336377 | Pedal A pedal having a pivotably mounted pedal mounted pedal arm, which is prestressed into an initial position by means of a restoring-spring element designed as a leg spring, has a friction body which is prestressed against a friction surface by means of the ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6332374 | Accelerator position sensor An accelerator position sensor urges a rotary member 2into rotation relative to a fixed member 1 fixed on the side of a vehicle body in a direction of a returning operation of an accelerator pedal by torque of a torsion spring 3, and detects the angle of ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6330838 | Pedal assembly with non-contact pedal position sensor for generating a control signal A pedal assembly (10) is mounted on a body structure of a motor vehicle and is used to generate a control signal for vehicle system. The pedal assembly includes a pedal arm (12) having a lower end (14) connected to a pedal pad (16) and an upper end (18) p... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6318208 | Low profile electronic throttle pedal A low profile electronic throttle pedal assembly for vehicles includes a base plate mounted on the floor of the vehicle and a throttle treadle pivotally mounted on the base plate. The treadle includes a lower lever arm portion extending through the base p... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6311578 | Pedal A pedal having a pedal arm (3) which is mounted pivotably and is prestressed into an initial position by a restoring spring (5), which is designed as a leg spring, has a frictional damper (7) having a slotted sleeve (8) whose end regions overlap and are p... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6305240 | Vehicle pedal A vehicle pedal has a pedal bar (16) and a pedal shaft (18) which is connected to the latter in a rotationally fixed manner and on which bearing locations (28, 32) are arranged. Up until now, the pedal bar (16) has usually been pinned to the pedal shaft (... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6301993 | Cam-guided adjustable pedal actuator assembly A cam-guided adjustable pedal actuator assembly for a vehicle includes a housing for connection to vehicle structure and a linear actuator operatively connected to the housing. The cam-guided adjustable pedal actuator assembly also includes a pedal operat... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6295891 | Accelerator pedal module An accelerator pedal module is provided that is actuated by the driver's foot for controlling the output of a drive engine. Frequently undesirable noise is generated by means of characteristic vibration in the restoring springs of prior pedal modules. The... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6289762 | Pedal mechanism A pedal mechanism requires a friction mechanism for producing the force hysteresis in the pedal to ensure the correct, desirable pedal `feel`. The friction is produced with a pivoted friction arm 28 which is urged into frictional contact with the pedal ar... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6279883 | Bearing module for an actuating element The bearing module (10) is used to support an actuating element which can be displaced counter to the force of at least one return spring (32) with a force hysteresis due to friction. With previous bearing modules, complex friction mechanisms which ensure... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6276229 | Gas-pedal module A gas-pedal module has a gas pedal (12) which is mounted pivotably in a housing and can be actuated, counter to a restoring spring, with pedal-force-dependent hysteresis, a pedal-position sensor producing an electric signal corresponding to the pedal posi... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6263758 | Accelerator pedal mechanism for vehicle A pedal rod (12) connected to an accelerator pedal (10) has one end which is a free end. A friction generating device (20) is disposed at the free end of the pedal rod (12). The friction generating device (20) has a cylindrical housing (26) as a fixed fri... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6250176 | Pedal A pedal having a pivotably mounted pedal arm, which is prestressed into an initial position by means of a restoring-spring element designed as a leg spring, has a friction body which is prestressed against a friction surface by means of the restoring-spri... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6240801 | Friction damper and pedal device for vehicle having the friction damper A friction damper includes: a hollow cylindrical member with a bottom; a movable member disposed in said hollow cylindrical member in such a manner as to be movable in an axial direction of hollow cylindrical member but immovable about an axis of hollow c... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6230581 | Pedal arm assembly An improved vehicle pedal arm assembly made from a one or two-piece stamping of relatively thin gauge material. The preferred pedal arm assembly preferably includes an integral pedal pad. The opposite end of the stamping is formed or spread so that it is ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6223623 | Idle stop mechanism for foot-operated outboard motor throttle An idle stop for a certain type of motor boat throttles. The throttles involved have a pedal pivotally mounted on a base, an eccentric carried by the base and actuated by the pedal and a receptor mount connected to a side wall of the base. The idle stop i... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6220112 | Throttle controlled transmission lockout An assembly (10) for interconnecting the throttle and transmission whereby the transmission is locked in neutral for shifting from gear to gear unless the throttle is at idle. A guide member (22) engages opposite edges of a slider member (12) on the front... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6209418 | Mechanical kickdown for electronic throttle control pedal assembly An accelerator pedal assembly (12) for electronically controlling a vehicle engine throttle includes a housing (18), a pedal arm (16) pivotally supported with respect to the housing (18), and a pedal pad (14) connected to a lower end (20) of the pedal arm... | 04/03/2001 |
