Vehicle operating pedal unit

US6089120A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Manfred Lochle · Stuttgart, DE
• Dieter Papenhagen · Waiblingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 1998
• Grant date: Jul 18, 2000
• Expiry date: Sep 28, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/20888
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a motor vehicle operating pedal unit with a pedal lever pivotally mounted in a pedal housing and a return spring connected to the pedal lever which is pivotally supported by a bearing sleeve inserted into a bearing bore of the pedal housing, a pedal position sensor unit including a sensor housing having integrally formed therewith a slide cylinder is mounted onto the pedal housing such that the slide cylinder is received within the bearing sleeve. The slide cylinder includes a sensor shaft having an end extending into the sensor housing for cooperation with sensor components determining the angular position of the sensor shaft which is interconnected with the pedal lever for movement together with the pedal lever.