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Electronic adjustable pedal assembly

Patent 5819593 Issued on October 13, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 17, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 516050 filed on 08/17/1995

US Classes:

74/514, Signal74/513Accelerator

Examiners

Primary: Marmor, Charles A.
Assistant: Battista, Mary Ann

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 67315 JP 03/13/1991
  • 4128519 JP. 04/13/1992

International Class

G05G 001/14

Abstract

An electronic adjustable control pedal assembly for a motor vehicle including a carrier, a guide rod adapted to be secured to the dash panel of the vehicle and mounting the carrier for fore and aft movement along the guide rod, a power drive operative to move the carrier along the guide rod, and a pedal structure including a pedal arm pivotally mounted on the carrier and a potentiometer mounted on the carrier and operative to generate an output electrical signal proportioned to the extent of pivotal movement of the pedal arm.

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