US 11,892,867 B2
Pedal pad assemblies
Marty Vanek, Thamesville (CA); Shaun Fuller, Thamesville (CA); Lingmin Shao, London (CA); Jaesung Kim, Ridgetown (CA); Addison Copeland, Dresden (CA); and Martin Parks, Bothwell (CA)
Assigned to KSR IP Holdings, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by KSR IP Holdings, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/116,939.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/316,039, filed on Mar. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0280778 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G05G 1/38 (2008.04); G05G 1/42 (2008.04); G05G 5/05 (2006.01); H10N 52/80 (2023.01)
CPC G05G 1/38 (2013.01) [G05G 1/42 (2013.01); G05G 5/05 (2013.01); G05G 2505/00 (2013.01); H10N 52/80 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pedal pad assembly comprising:
an outer housing having a cavity;
an inner housing having an outer surface and slidably received within the cavity of the outer housing;
a pedal pad coupled to the inner housing and configured to translate the inner housing along a movement axis in response to a load applied to the pedal pad; and
a sensor assembly having:
a plurality of target members coupled to the outer surface of the inner housing, and
a first sensor configured to sense a position of the at least one target member of the plurality of target members, the first sensor is an inductive sensing sensor having a transmitting coil and at least one receiving coil, and
a second sensor, wherein the second sensor is a Hall Effect sensor,
wherein, during a translation of the inner housing along the movement axis, the at least one target member of the plurality of target members moves with the inner housing from a first position to a second position indicative of the movement of the inner housing within the cavity.