US 11,768,514 B2
Pedal system for road and flight operational use vehicle
Gustaf Axelson, Västra Frölunda (SE); and Jonathan Johansson, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to CHENGDU AEROVAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, Chengdu (CN); and ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD., Hangzhou (CN)
Filed by CHENGDU AEROVAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, Chengdu (CN); and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang (CN)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/952,287.
Application 17/952,287 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/089090, filed on Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20170752 (EP), filed on Apr. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0018708 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G05G 1/30 (2008.04); B64C 13/04 (2006.01); B60K 26/02 (2006.01); B60T 7/06 (2006.01); B64C 37/00 (2006.01); G05G 1/36 (2008.04); B60F 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC G05G 1/305 (2013.01) [B60K 26/02 (2013.01); B60T 7/06 (2013.01); B64C 13/044 (2018.01); B64C 37/00 (2013.01); B60F 5/02 (2013.01); G05G 1/36 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pedal system for a vehicle, wherein the vehicle is configured for operating in a first vehicle mode for flight operational use and a second vehicle mode for road operational use,
wherein the pedal system comprises a first pedal arrangement having a first lower pedal part and a first upper pedal part arranged in connection to each other,
wherein in the first vehicle mode the first lower pedal part is configured for activating a rudder function of the vehicle, and wherein in the first vehicle mode the first upper pedal part is configured for activating a braking function of the vehicle,
wherein in the second vehicle mode the first lower pedal part and the first upper pedal part are configured for cooperating with each other to activate a throttle function of the vehicle;
wherein the first lower pedal part and the first upper pedal part are movably arranged in relation to each other in the first vehicle mode, wherein the first lower pedal part and the first upper pedal part are configured for being displaced in relation to each other in the first vehicle mode for activating the braking function; and
wherein the first lower pedal part and the first upper pedal part are non-movably arranged in relation to each other in the second vehicle mode, wherein the first lower pedal part and the first upper pedal part are configured for being displaced as a single pedal unit in the second vehicle mode.