US 12,337,809 B2
Stowable vehicle pedal system and method
Roberto Villegas Muriel, Atizapan de Zaragoza (MX); Harbind S. Chahal, Novi, MI (US); and Andrew Stoscup, Wixom, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/121,088.
Prior Publication US 2024/0308481 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. B60T 7/06 (2006.01); B60K 26/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60T 7/06 (2013.01) [B60K 26/02 (2013.01); B60K 2026/026 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A stowable pedal system for a motor vehicle, the pedal system comprising:
a foot pedal configured to be actuated by a user in a deployed position and further actuatable to move the foot pedal during a stow foot pedal operation to a stowed position and during a deploy foot pedal operation to the deployed position;
a sensor assembly sensing a sensed position of the foot pedal; and
a controller configured to process the sensed position from the sensor assembly and command a vehicle operation based on the sensed position of the foot pedal in the deployed position and further processing the sensed signal during the stow or deploy foot pedal operation to determine a stowed or deployed status of the position of the foot pedal based on the sensed position of the foot pedal and generating an output signal indicative of the stowed or deployed status of the position of the foot pedal.