Accelerator assembly for an off-road vehicle
AssigneeBombardier Recreational Products Inc.
InventorBenoit SIMARD
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Abstract
An accelerator assembly for a vehicle and a vehicle. The accelerator assembly includes a target member; a sensor configured to sense an interaction of the target member with the sensor; a target member actuator operatively connected to the target member and configured to cause movement of the target member relative to the sensor; and a sensor actuator operatively connected to the sensor and configured to cause movement of the sensor relative to the target member. A vehicle having the accelerator assembly is also disclosed.
Claims20
An accelerator assembly for a vehicle, the accelerator assembly comprising:
- a target member;
- a sensor configured to sense an interaction of the target member with the sensor;
- a target member actuator operatively connected to the target member and configured to cause movement of the target member relative to the sensor;
- and
- a sensor actuator operatively connected to the sensor and configured to cause movement of the sensor relative to the target member.
A vehicle comprising:
- a motor;
- an accelerator assembly having:
- a target member;
- a sensor configured to sense an interaction of the target member with the sensor;
- a target member actuator operatively connected to the target member, the target member actuator being configured to cause movement of the target member relative to the sensor;
- and
- a sensor actuator operatively connected to the sensor, the sensor actuator being configured to cause movement of the sensor relative to the target member;
- and
- a controller communicatively connected to the motor, and the sensor,
- the controller being configured to:
- receive a signal from the sensor indicative of the sensed interaction of the target member with the sensor;
- and
- controlling the motor to initiate a motor braking mode based on the sensed interaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.