Pivotless foot pedal
OwnerMatthew Walter Keller, David Glasserinventors
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Abstract
A foot pedal operator input device includes a sensor and a sensed component. A top base of the foot pedal supports a treadle apart from a bottom base. Oppositely inclined flexures extend between the bottom base and the top base. The oppositely inclined flexures are configured to constrain motion of the treadle to a rocking or rotational motion about an artificial axis, instead of about a physical pivot mechanism, with the rocking or rotational motion of the treadle changing positioning between the sensor and the sensed component such that a sensor output is indicative of the treadle position.
Claims12
A foot pedal operator input device for a power machine, the foot pedal comprising:
- a sensor;
- a sensed component;
- a bottom base;
- a top base;
- a treadle supported by the top base;
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- oppositely inclined flexures extending between the bottom base and the top base, the oppositely inclined flexures constraining motion of the treadle to a rocking or rotational motion about an artificial axis, the rocking or rotational motion of the treadle changing positioning between the sensor and the sensed component such that a sensor output is indicative of the treadle position.
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