Accelerator pedal unit
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorPavel Klestil
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Abstract
An accelerator pedal unit is known comprising an accelerator pedal, an actuator, and a control shaft via which the actuator can transmit a restoring torque to the accelerator pedal. The accelerator pedal unit can generate an additional restoring force which acts on the accelerator pedal, for example in order to regulate or limit the speed of a vehicle or to function as a warning device in the event of speeding. In the accelerator pedal unit according to the invention, the actuator is mechanically decoupled from the accelerator pedal. According to the invention, the torque of the control shaft (3) is transmitted to the accelerator pedal (1) via a damping element (10).
Claims12
An accelerator pedal unit comprising
- an accelerator pedal (1);
- an actuator (2);
- a gearing mechanism (24) provided between the actuator (2) and the accelerator pedal (1);
- a control lever (11);
- a control shaft (3) via which the actuator (2) is configured to transmit a restoring torque to the accelerator pedal (1), wherein a first torque of the control shaft (3) is transmitted to the accelerator pedal (1) via a damping element (10) and the control lever (11);
- a rotationally fixed housing section (21);
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- a positioning spring (20) which is attached with a first end to the housing section (21) and acts with a second end, which is opposite the first end, on the control lever (11).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.