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US 8,807,264 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for manual acceleration in motor vehicles
OwnerMartine Kempfinventor
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A method and apparatus for the acceleration of a motor vehicle comprising a manually operable control member, a throttle pedal (4) actuatable by the control member and a computer (3). The control member may comprise a known-per-se throttle ring. There is provided a speed sensor (2) to detect the speed of the motor vehicle and to generate a corresponding speed signal (V). Computer (3) has stored therein transmission ratio curves (V1, V2, V3 . . . Vn) each applicable to a different vehicle speed, with each such transmission ratio curve (V1, V2, V3 . . . Vn) representing a ratio of transmitting the amount of actuation of the control member to the applicable stroke of throttle pedal (4). Computer (3) uses the speed signal (V) provided by speed sensor (2) to select one of transmission ratio curves (V1, V2, V3 . . . Vn) for actuating throttle pedal (4) with a stroke corresponding to the transmission ratio curve (V1, V2, V3 . . . Vn) selected.
A method of actuating a throttle pedal in a motor vehicle capable of moving at various motor vehicle speeds, the motor vehicle having a manually operable control member and a throttle pedal actuatable by said control member, said method comprising:
An apparatus for a motor vehicle having a throttle pedal and capable of traveling at various motor vehicle speeds, the apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.