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Pedal unit for a vehicle

US12420633B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Heiko Walter · Untergruppenbach, DE
Christoph Diekmann · Besigheim, DE
David Volkmer · Marbach am Neckar, DE
Marcel Bastian · Tamm, DE
Maximilian Bayer · Tamm, DE
Michael Hofmann · Taufkirchen, DE
Philipp Seibold · Fellbach, DE
Sebastian Stolz · Neckarwestheim, DE
Thorsten Maucher · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 27, 2023
Grant date	Sep 23, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 8, 2044

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05G2505/00
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pedal unit for a vehicle has a sensor surface which includes at least two functional regions and is designed to detect an actuation by the driver. The pedal unit also has at least one evaluation and control unit coupled to the sensor surface and designed to evaluate an actuation of one of the at least two functional regions detected by the sensor surface and, as a function of this evaluation, control a vehicle function associated with the corresponding functional region of the sensor surface. At least one region of the sensor surface is raised or lowered and enables a haptic differentiation between the at least two functional regions of the sensor surface.

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