Modular pedal assembly for vehicles

A modular pedal assembly mountable as a module upon a vehicle having a brake assembly and adaptable for use on the vehicle having either a gas engine or an electric motor drive, the modular pedal assembly having a mounted state in which the modular pedal assembly is mounted in the vehicle and an unmounted state, the modular pedal assembly comprising:

• a base adapted to be mounted in a vehicle in the mounted state;
• a first pedal having a first pedal pad and a first pedal lever arm pivotally coupled to the base in the unmounted state of the modular pedal assembly and having a portion coupled to the brake assembly in the mounted state of the modular pedal assembly;
• a second pedal having a second pedal pad and a second pedal lever arm, the second pedal pivotally coupled to the base in the unmounted state of the modular pedal assembly and having a portion coupled to the drive in the mounted state of the modular pedal assembly, the second pedal having an unactuated state and an actuated state, the actuated state defined by pivotal movement of the second pedal with respect to the base;
• a third pedal having a third pedal pad and a third pedal lever arm nestingly received within the first pedal lever arm over a length of the first pedal lever arm between a pivot point and a bottom edge of the first pedal pad, the third pedal lever arm pivotally coupled to the base in the unmounted state of the modular pedal assembly and having a portion coupled to the brake assembly in the mounted state of the modular pedal assembly;
• a control output regulator coupled to the second pedal in the unmounted state of the modular pedal assembly and also electrically coupled to the drive assembly in the mounted state of the modular pedal assembly, the control output regulator adaptable to be used with vehicles driven by gas engines and electrical motors, the control output regulator having a sensor configured to detect the pivotal position of the second pedal and to communicate the position to drive in the mounted state of the modular pedal assembly;
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• an abutment connected to the first pedal configured to engage the third pedal after the third pedal pad is moved to a predetermined position causing the first pedal to move with the third pedal over a predetermined range of motion;
• wherein the base is in the form of an elongate shape that extends past opposing lateral sides of the first pedal and the second pedal such that both the first pedal and the second pedal are located between ends of the elongate shape;
• wherein the base further includes a peripheral boundary defining outer edges of a top side and outer edges of a bottom side, the peripheral boundary including a base front, base back, and opposing side ends, the peripheral boundary having an interior into which the pedals are disposed;
• wherein the opposing side ends each have a side end top side characterized by a side end length and a side end width, the side ends each also including a side end thickness smaller than the respective side end length and side end width, each side end top side extending in a direction coincident with a direction of the base top side;
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• wherein the top side of the base includes a top side face, the bottom side of the base includes a bottom side face, the bottom side face having a mounting surface for connection to the vehicle wherein the first pedal is pivotally coupled with the base a first distance away from the bottom side face in a direction away from the top side face, wherein the second pedal arm is pivotally connected at a pivot point with the base a second distance away from the bottom side face in a direction away from the top side face, and wherein the second pedal arm extends through the base past the top side and the past the bottom side such that a portion of the second pedal arm resides past the top side face and a portion of the accelerator pedal arm resides past the bottom side face.