US 12,187,253 B2
Pedal sensor
Heinrich-Reinhold (Heinz) Brües, Geseke (DE); Kristin Gees, Lippstadt (DE); Ali Kemal Kücükyavuz, Bielefeld (DE); Sascha Kuhlmann, Geseke (DE); Ahmet Özcapci, Lippstadt (DE); Ruben Pella, Geseke (DE); Lothar Rehage, Rheda-Wiedenbrueck (DE); Ralf Ridder, Lippstadt (DE); and Claus Viethen, Erwitte (DE)
Assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed by Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,618.
Application 17/812,618 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/051985, filed on Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 103 801.1 (DE), filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0348170 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60T 7/04 (2006.01); B60T 8/40 (2006.01); G05G 1/38 (2008.04)
CPC B60T 7/042 (2013.01) [B60T 8/409 (2013.01); G05G 1/38 (2013.01); B60T 2220/04 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pedal sensor comprising:
a carrier configured to couple with a motor vehicle;
a pedal arm pivotally mounted on the carrier;
a housing positioned and located on the carrier;
a mechanism arranged in the housing, wherein the mechanism transmits movements of the pedal arm relative to the carrier;
a sensor for measuring the movements of the pedal arm relative to the carrier;
a groove positioned and located on the carrier, the groove having a first side and second side positioned and located opposite from one another;
a damping element positioned and located in the groove, the damping element configured to damp contact between the pedal arm and the carrier;
a bar positioned and located proximate to the second side of the groove; and
wherein the damping element is retained in the groove by the bar and the first side of the groove.