Motor vehicles – Manually actuated controlling devices – Multiple vehicle functions controllable by single device
Patent
1990-02-02
1991-02-19
Bertsch, Richard A.
Motor vehicles
Manually actuated controlling devices
Multiple vehicle functions controllable by single device
180315, 180320, 74471R, 74481, B60K 2600
Patent
active
049935097
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle hand control device operable to control the brake pedal or accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle. The device includes an elongated support tube connectable to and along the steering column of the vehicle, a control arm tube pivotally connected at one end to, and extending from, the upper end of the support tube, and a slender, elongated control arm mounted for rotation only within the control arm tube. The control arm includes an elongated handle extending from one end of the control arm, the handle preferably having its longitudinal axis disposed from the longitudinal axis of the control arm. A control arm lever is connected at the other end of the control arm which also extends somewhat beyond the end of the control arm tube. An elongated accelerator pedal rod is operably connectable at each end between the distal end of the control arm lever and the vehicle's accelerator pedal, respectively, for controlling the accelerator pedal in response to rotational movement of the control arm about its longitudinal axis by corresponding movement of the handle. An elongated brake pedal rod may also be provided operably connectable at each end between the other end of the control arm tube and the vehicle's brake pedal, respectively, for controlling the brake pedal in response to pivotal movement of the control arm about the pivotal connection between the control arm tube and the support tube.
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Bertsch Richard A.
Prescott Charles J.
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