Electronic throttle control pedal assembly

A pedal assembly comprising:

• a housing having an opening;
• a pedal arm having a hub portion at one end positioned within the opening of the housing and a pedal pad portion positioned on an opposite end of the pedal arm, the hub portion including a pair of flanges, the pedal arm further having a receiving void positioned between the hub portion and the pedal pad portion;
• a bearing member having an interior surface, an opposite exterior surface, a pair of receiving grooves, and at least one resilient member extending from the exterior surface, the pair of receiving grooves positioned to complement the pair of flanges such that the bearing member is positioned to couple to the hub portion via a slidably engagement between the pair of flanges and the pair of receiving grooves, the at least one resilient member is configured to engage with a portion of the housing to movably couple the hub portion of the pedal arm to the housing;
• a carrier coupled to and received within the opening of the housing to enclose a portion of the opening;
• at least one compressible member positioned extend between and to be in contact with the pedal arm and the carrier;
• and
• a resilient member positioned at least partially within the receiving void, the resilient member having a distal portion and a proximate portion, the distal portion overlaps the proximate portion by an overlap length, the resilient member movable between a home position and a use position,
• wherein when a predetermined load is applied to the pedal pad portion, the resilient member is moved into the use position such that the overlap length of the distal portion with respect to the proximate portion is greater that the overlap length of the distal portion with respect to the proximate portion in the home position and the at least one compressible member is compressed to provide an increased force to the pedal arm generating additional force between the hub portion and the interior surface of the bearing member thereby together generating a force feedback onto the pedal pad portion.