Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Foot operated
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-04
2006-07-04
Kim, Chong H. (Department: 3682)
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Foot operated
Reexamination Certificate
active
07069810
ABSTRACT:
An adjustable pedal device including (a) a support shaft fixedly disposed on a bracket, (b) a pedal including a pivotal member and a pedal member, and a return spring interposed between the bracket and the pedal member, and wherein the pivotal member is pivotable about the support shaft, while the pedal member is movable relative to the pivotal member to a selected one of a plurality of relative positions, and has at its lower end an operating portion at which the pedal member is operated so that the pedal member and the pivotal member are pivoted together about the support shaft, the return spring biasing the pedal member so as to pivot the pedal about the support shaft in a first direction toward a non-operated position of the pedal, and producing a force of resistance to a pivotal motion of the pedal in a second direction away from the non-operated position when the pedal is operated, and wherein the positions of opposite end portions of the return spring at which the spring is fixed to the bracket and the pedal member are determined such that a length of an arm of a moment produced by the spring to bias the pedal in the first direction changes so as to reduce an amount of change of the force of resistance, as the pedal member is moved relative to the pivotal member.
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Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner L.L.P.
Kim Chong H.
Toyoda Iron Works co., Ltd.
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