Device for generating an additional reset force on a gas pedal and method for the operation thereof

US8914210B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• CONTINENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES GMBH · DE
• Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gregor Schmitt · Regensburg, DE
• Frank Drews · Haag in Oberbayern, DE
• Andreas Zell · Wannweil, DE
• Thorsten Gerbig · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 3, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 16, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 15, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

A device for generating an additional reset force on the gas pedal for motor vehicles, wherein a position change of the gas pedal relative to the initial position thereof, induced by a corresponding actuating force, against a reset force leads to an increase in the motive power of the engine and, when there is a decrease in the actuating force, a reset force moves the gas pedal back in the direction of the initial position thereof, and wherein an actuator is provided, which applies an additional reset force that acts in the reset direction of the gas pedal, and wherein the motor vehicle has a unit for determining the shifting point of a manually shifted transmission. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for operating the device according to the invention.