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US 10,889,226 B1Granted
Vehicle pedal cover
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsWilliam Henry Dean, Gregory Pfirman, John Q. White, Pablo Isaac Villalva Sanchez, Steffen Schoenfuss, Richard Alan Kreder
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Abstract
An assembly includes a floor, a vehicle pedal disposed above the floor, and a cover. The cover is rotatably connected to the floor. The cover is rotatable relative to the floor from a closed position in which the cover is disposed above the vehicle pedal to an open position in which the vehicle pedal is disposed above the cover.
Claims18
An assembly, comprising:
- a floor;
- a vehicle pedal disposed above the floor;
- a motor disposed above the floor and rotatably connected to the vehicle pedal;
- a cover rotatably connected to the floor below the motor and rotatable relative to the floor from a closed position in which the vehicle pedal is vehicle-forward of the cover to an open position in which the vehicle pedal is disposed vertically above the cover;
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- a pedal housing, wherein the cover includes a first magnet and the pedal housing includes a second magnet, the first and second magnets magnetically securing the cover to the pedal housing in the closed position.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a floor;
- a vehicle pedal disposed above the floor;
- a motor disposed above the floor and rotatably connected to the vehicle pedal;
- and
- a cover rotatably connected to the floor below the motor and rotatable relative to the floor from a closed position in which the vehicle pedal is vehicle-forward of the cover to an open position in which the vehicle pedal is disposed vertically above the cover;
- wherein the cover includes a first magnet and the floor includes a second magnet, the first and second magnets magnetically securing the cover to the floor in the open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.