Electronic pedal apparatus
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsEun Sik KIM, Wi Sang PARK, Jae Hyun CHO, Jung Min LEE, Seong Ju JO
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Abstract
An electronic pedal apparatus is configured so that a driver may operate a pedal 200 with a small effort, the electronic pedal apparatus may operate by fine displacement during the operation of the pedals, the pedals apparatus may allow the driver to clearly recognize an operating situation of the pedals by use of a magnetic force (repulsive force) having a quadratic function graph, and a compact mechanism having a foldable function may be implemented by use of an electromagnet that changes in polarity.
Claims20
An electronic pedal apparatus comprising:
- a pedal housing including a cover;
- pedals provided to be movable while penetrating the cover;
- detecting modules provided on the pedal housing and the pedals, respectively and configured to detect an operation of the pedals and generate a signal related to a pedal function of the pedals;
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- magnetic force modules provided on the pedal housing and the pedals, respectively while facing each other and configured to implement an operating force of the pedals by use of a magnetic force.
An electronic pedal apparatus comprising:
- a pedal housing;
- a pedal provided to be movable while penetrating the pedal housing;
- detecting modules provided on the pedal housing and the pedal, respectively while facing each other and configured to detect an operation of the pedal and generate a signal related to a pedal function;
- magnetic force modules provided on the pedal housing and the pedal, respectively while facing each other and configured to implement an operating force and a foldable function of the pedal by use of a magnetic force;
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- a printed circuit board (PCB) configured to control the magnetic force modules including an electromagnet to generate an attractive or repulsive force,
- wherein when the repulsive force is generated between the magnetic force modules by the electromagnet under control of the PCB, a pedal operating force is generated in a response that a driver operates the pedal in a pop-up state in which the pedal protrudes from the pedal housing, and
- wherein when the attractive force is generated between the magnetic force modules by the electromagnet, the pedal comes into a hidden state in which the pedal is inserted into the pedal housing so that the driver cannot operate the pedal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.