US 12,325,398 B2
Vehicle brake pedal with linear pedal resistance and rotary dampener/position sensor assemblies
Ryan Andrew Wagner, Goshen, IN (US)
Assigned to CTS Corporation, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed by CTS Corporation, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/657,592.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/169,976, filed on Apr. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314939 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B60T 7/06 (2006.01); B60T 13/58 (2006.01); B60T 17/18 (2006.01); F16D 65/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60T 7/06 (2013.01) [B60T 13/58 (2013.01); B60T 17/18 (2013.01); F16D 65/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A vehicle brake pedal comprising:
a base;
a shaft on the base;
a pedal arm pivotally connected to the shaft and rotatable relative to the base;
a linear pedal resistance assembly extending between the base and the pedal arm and adapted for exerting a resistance force against the pedal arm in response to the rotation of the pedal arm; wherein the linear pedal resistance assembly includes:
a housing;
a first end bracket including a ball stud and operatively coupled to an underside of the pedal arm,
a second opposed end bracket including an adjustable eyelet and coupled to the base, and
a plurality of springs adapted for compression in response to the rotation of the pedal arm and for exerting the resistance force against the pedal arm;
a rotary pedal dampener assembly associated with the base and adapted for exerting a dampening force against the pedal arm in response to the rotation of the pedal arm; and
a rotary pedal position sensor assembly associated with the base and adapted for sensing the position of the pedal arm in response to the rotation of the pedal arm,
wherein a pedal force sensor includes a force sensor plate, and wherein the ball stud includes a collar abutted against an exterior face of the force sensor plate, and
wherein the rotary pedal dampener assembly and the rotary pedal position sensor assembly being positioned in a relationship co-linear with the shaft.