Pedal friction pad for vehicle pedal assembly

A vehicle pedal assembly comprising:

• a pedal housing;
• a rotatable pedal including a drum extending into the pedal housing, the drum including a friction contact surface;
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• a pedal friction pad in the housing including a pedal friction surface in contact with the friction contact surface on the drum, the pedal friction surface being shaped and positioned to provide for a line contact between the pedal friction surface and a portion of the friction contact surface on the drum of the pedal, the line contact being between an arc-shaped segment of the pedal friction surface of the pedal friction pad and the drum contact surface, the pedal friction surface includes first, second, and third surface segments, the arc-shaped segment defining the second surface segment and extending between the first and third surface segments and wherein the first segment is a curved segment and the third segment is a straight segment.

A friction pad for a vehicle pedal, the friction pad comprising:

• a first friction pad surface opposed to and facing a friction contact surface of the vehicle pedal;
• a second arc-shaped friction pad surface opposed to and facing the friction contact surface of the vehicle pedal and extending from the first friction surface and in a line frictional contact with the friction contact surface of the vehicle pedal;
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• a third friction pad surface extending from the second friction surface and opposed to and facing the friction contact surface of the vehicle pedal, wherein the first friction pad surface is a curved converging surface and the third friction surface is a straight converging surface.