Pedal assembly

An assembly comprising:

• a housing;
• a pedal arm member movably coupled to the housing, the pedal arm member having an interior surface and an opposite exterior surface, the pedal arm member further including:
• a plurality of protrusions extending from the interior surface of the pedal arm member;
• and
• a pair of resilient members extending from the interior surface of the pedal arm member;
• a blade member package having a plurality of blade members stacked in a vertical arrangement, the blade member package received by the plurality of protrusions to abut an inner surface thereof and by the pair of resilient members to couple the blade member package to the interior surface of the pedal arm member;
• and
• a sensing assembly positioned within the housing, the sensing assembly including at least one force measurement element configured to sense a change in force,
• wherein the plurality of protrusions or the pair of resilient members are configured to position the blade member package to have a predetermined defined preload on the sensing assembly, and
• wherein when a load is applied to the pedal arm member, the pedal arm member and the blade member package are driven into the at least one force measurement element configured to measure a force applied by the blade member package indicative of an amount of the load applied to the pedal arm member based on the amount of change of the force from an idle position.