US 12,420,633 B2
Pedal unit for a vehicle
Heiko Walter, Untergruppenbach (DE); Christoph Diekmann, Besigheim (DE); David Volkmer, Marbach Am Neckar (DE); Marcel Bastian, Tamm (DE); Maximilian Bayer, Tamm (DE); Michael Hofmann, Mannheim (DE); Philipp Seibold, Fellbach (DE); Sebastian Stolz, Neckarwestheim (DE); and Thorsten Maucher, Neckarwestheim (DE)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/496,506.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 212 761.7 (DE), filed on Nov. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0174081 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 26/02 (2006.01); B60T 7/04 (2006.01); G05G 1/30 (2008.04); G05G 1/38 (2008.04); G05G 5/03 (2008.04)
CPC B60K 26/02 (2013.01) [B60T 7/042 (2013.01); G05G 1/305 (2013.01); G05G 1/38 (2013.01); G05G 5/03 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/301 (2013.01); G05G 2505/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pedal unit for a vehicle, comprising:
a sensor surface which comprises at least two functional regions and is configured to detect an actuation by a driver; and
at least one evaluation and control unit coupled to said sensor surface and configured to evaluate an actuation of one of the at least two functional regions detected by the sensor surface and, as a function of the evaluation, control a vehicle function associated with the corresponding functional region of the sensor surface,
wherein at least one region of the sensor surface is raised or lowered and enables a haptic differentiation between the at least two functional regions of the sensor surface.