Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Foot operated
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-01
2005-03-01
Luong, Vinh T. (Department: 3682)
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Foot operated
C074S514000, C074S560000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06860170
ABSTRACT:
A control pedal assembly includes a support structure having a guide surface and a pedal arm carrying a pedal at a lower end of the pedal arm. The pedal arm is pivotable relative to the support structure about a pivot axis between a released position and an applied position. A hysteresis device is secured to an upper end of the pedal arm and engages the guide surface so that the hysteresis device slides along the guide surface as the pivot arm pivots between the released position and the applied position. A distance between the guide surface and the pivot axis varies so that the hysteresis device applies an increasing normal force to the guide surface to create an increasing friction force that opposes sliding motion of the hysteresis device as the pedal arm pivots from the released position to the applied position.
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Dura Global Technologies Inc.
Luong Vinh T.
Mescher Richard M.
Watson Dean B.
Wright Porter
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