Pedal for motorized vehicle
AssigneeCTS Corporation
InventorRoderic Schlabach
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Abstract
A pedal assembly that provides a repeatable response force between different pedal assemblies by providing at least one of a wear surface or a pivotal shoe on a brake pad that will contact a portion of the pedal arm. The pedal assembly includes a housing, an elongated pedal arm having a rotatable drum defining a braking surface and rotatably mounted in the housing, the pedal arm being movable between an idle, first position and a second position, a brake pad assembly having a pivoting base and a contact portion pivotally mounted to the base, the contact portion having a contact surface adapted to frictionally engage the braking surface, and a biasing device operably coupled to the pedal arm and the brake pad assembly for urging the contact surface into frictional engagement with the braking surface.
Claims25
A pedal assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- an elongated pedal arm having a rotatable drum defining a braking surface and rotatably mounted in the housing, the pedal arm being movable between an idle, first position and a second position;
- a brake pad assembly having a pivoting base and a contact portion pivotally mounted to the base, the contact portion having a contact surface adapted to frictionally engage the braking surface;
- and
- a biasing device operably coupled to the pedal arm and the brake pad assembly for urging the contact surface into frictional engagement with the braking surface.
A pedal assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- an elongated pedal arm having a rotatable drum defining a braking surface and rotatably mounted in the housing, the pedal arm being movable between an idle, first position and a second position;
- a brake pad having means for contacting the drum and for keeping the normal friction force centrally located on a face of the brake pad;
- and
- a biasing device operably coupled to the pedal arm and the brake pad assembly for urging the contact surface into frictional engagement with the braking surface.
A pedal assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- an elongated pedal arm supported in the housing for rotational movement, the pedal arm being movable between a first position and a second position;
- a rotatable drum mounted to the pedal arm, the drum defining a braking surface;
- a brake pad assembly mounted in the housing, the brake pad assembly having a pivoting base;
- a pivoting contact portion pivotally mounted to the base, the contact portion having a contact surface adapted to frictionally engage the braking surface;
- and
- a spring set between the pedal arm and the brake pad assembly for urging the contact surface into frictional engagement with the braking surface.
A pedal assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- an elongated pedal arm supported in the housing for rotational movement between a first position and a second position;
- a drum mounted to the pedal arm, the drum having a braking surface;
- a brake pad assembly mounted in the housing, the brake pad assembly having a first pivoting portion and a second pivoting contact portion;
- the second pivoting contact portion being pivotally mounted to the base, the second contact portion having a contact surface adapted to frictionally engage the braking surface;
- and
- a spring set between the pedal arm and the first pivoting portion, the spring urging the contact surface into frictional engagement with the braking surface.
A pedal assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- an elongated pedal arm supported in the housing for rotational movement, the pedal arm being movable between a first position and a second position;
- a rotatable drum mounted to the pedal arm, the drum defining a braking surface;
- a brake pad assembly mounted in the housing, the brake pad assembly having a pivoting base;
- a wear surface mounted to the base, the wear surface adapted to frictionally engage the braking surface;
- and
- a spring set between the pedal arm and the brake pad assembly for urging the wear surface into frictional engagement with the braking surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.