Patent · US Expired

Control pedal unit for motor vehicles

US5794489A · kind A · utility

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3References

8Claims

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Assignee

Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

Dieter Papenhagen · Waiblingen, DE
Manfred Lochle · Stuttgart, DE
Thorsten Meyer · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 5, 1996
Grant date	Aug 18, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 5, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/20888
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a vehicle control pedal unit comprising a mounting structure having a U-shaped mounting end with spaced parallel leg walls between which one end of a pedal lever is pivotally supported to which a pedal is attached at its other end, a cover is disposed, and pivotally supported with one end, on the spaced parallel leg walls for at least partially closing the space between the leg walls and a return spring having one end attached to the pivot lever is disposed in the space between the parallel leg walls and connected with its other end to the cover for resiliently holding said cover in a closed position in engagement with the leg walls and biasing the pivot lever into an idle end position.

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