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US 10,401,896 B1Granted
Pedal for vehicle capable of adjusting pedal effort by use of detent
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsWoo-Duck Kim, Mi-Yeong Kim, Min-Seong Park, Bo-Hee Ku
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Abstract
A pedal includes a pedal effort adjuster configured to generate pedal effort in response to an increase in stroke of a pedal arm, where the pedal effort adjuster includes a detent spring for generating the pedal effort by load of the detent spring that is decreased after being increased in response to a change in reaction force caused by the increase in stroke and a return spring for generating the pedal effort by load of the return spring that is increased by maintaining reaction force caused by the increase in stroke.
Claims13
A pedal, comprising:
- a pedal effort adjuster configured to generate pedal effort in response to an increase in stroke of a pedal arm,
- wherein the pedal effort adjuster further comprises:
- a detent spring for generating the pedal effort by load of the detent spring that is decreased after being increased in response to a change in reaction force caused by the increase in stroke;
- a return spring for generating the pedal effort by load of the return spring that is increased by maintaining reaction force caused by the increase in stroke;
- a piston coupled to one end of the pedal arm to compress the detent spring;
- and
- a main member configured such that a guide inner surface of a guide rail for changing a height of the piston is coupled thereto and the main member is covered and concealed with a cover,
- wherein the main member and the guide rail are connected to each other via coupling protrusions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.