Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Foot operated
Patent
1998-07-16
2000-02-01
Luong, Vinh T.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Foot operated
200 6189, 200 865, 338153, 123399, G05G 114, H01C 1000, F02D 700
Patent
active
060190167
ABSTRACT:
An accelerator pedal device has a bracket having a pin, a pedal arm turnably supported by the bracket through the pin, a return spring arranged to surround the pin for biasing the pedal arm, and an accelerator-opening sensor mounted on the bracket. An engaging portion is disposed at the leading end of the pedal arm, a rotor of the accelerator-opening sensor and the engaging portion are associated through the crank mechanism. As a driver depresses the accelerator pedal, the pedal arm turns on the pin, by the action of the crank mechanism engaging with the engaging portion it the leading end of the pedal arm, the rotor of the accelerator-opening sensor is rotated, and a voltage signal according to the depression stroke is outputted from the accelerator-opening sensor.
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Takagi Kunio
Takeuchi Hitoshi
Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Luong Vinh T.
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