Pedal assemblies including redundant sensing systems

A pedal assembly configured for redundant sensing, the pedal assembly comprising:

• a housing having a retaining recess;
• a first member having a first receiving cavity;
• a second member having a second receiving cavity;
• a pedal arm moveably coupled to the housing, the pedal arm having a pair of protrusions extending therefrom, at least one of the pair of protrusions has a geared surface, one of the pair of protrusions movably received within the first receiving cavity of the first member and the other one of the pair of protrusions movably received within the second receiving cavity of the second member;
• and
• a drive assembly includes a gear configured to have a plurality of teeth that complement the geared surface of the one of the pair of protrusions,
• wherein when a force is applied onto a pedal pad of the pedal arm, the at least one of the pair of protrusions having the geared surface moves to drive the gear, a first sensor assembly and a second sensor assembly independently sense the movement of the gear and the at least one of the pair of protrusions, respectively.

A pedal assembly comprising:

• a housing;
• a retaining assembly having a pair of openings, the retaining assembly removably coupled to the housing;
• a pedal arm moveably coupled to the retaining assembly, the pedal arm having a pair of protrusions extending therefrom such that each one of the pair of protrusions are received into the respective opening of the retaining assembly, at least one of the pair of protrusions having a geared surface;
• a drive assembly including a gear configured to have a plurality of teeth that complement the geared surface of the one of the pair of protrusions;
• and
• a sensing assembly including a first sensor assembly configured to sense movement of the gear and a second sensor assembly configured to sense movement of the at least one of the pair of protrusions,
• wherein when a force is applied on a pedal pad of the pedal arm, the at least one of the pair of protrusions having the geared surface moves to drive the gear, the first sensor assembly and the second sensor assembly independently sense the movement of the gear and the at least one of the pair of protrusions, respectively.