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OwnerThomas Klotzbuecher, Bernhard Bauer +2inventors
InventorsThomas Klotzbuecher, Bernhard Bauer, Sebastien Weiss, Bernd Koeberle
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The invention relates to an accelerator pedal module for controlling a drive motor power such as an internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle comprising a pedal lever pivotally maintained about an axis of rotation on a bearing bloc k The pivoting movement of the pedal lever with respect to the bearing block changes the direction of at least one magnetic field which change is converted into an electric signal by at least one sensor element and represents the pivoting angle of the pedal lever with respect to the bearing block. The magnetic field is generated by at least two bipolar magnets between which said sensor element is placed.
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In an accelerator pedal module for controlling the power of a drive motor or engine such as an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, the module having a pedal lever held rotatably on a bearing block for pivotable movement about pivot axis, and at least one sensor element for detecting the pivoting motion of the pedal lever relative to the bearing block, the improvement wherein, with the aid of the at least one sensor element a change in the direction of at least one magnetic field which change originates in the pivoting motion of the pedal lever relative to the bearing block is convertible into an electrical signal which represents the rotary angle of the pedal lever relative to the bearing block and the magnetic field is generated by at least two bipolar magnets between which the sensor element is disposed.
The accelerator pedal module as defined by claim 11, wherein at least a portion of the circumferential surface of the shaft journals is provided with a friction lining, which cooperates with an associated bearing face of the bearing block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.