US 12,443,214 B2
Pedal unit for controlling a vehicle function
Martin Hruschka, Abstatt-Happenbach (DE); Stephan Roeger, Steinheim-Hoepfigheim (DE); Andreas Baumgartner, Auenstein (DE); Guenter Escher, Oberstdorf (DE); Juergen Kissner, Oppenweiler (DE); Manfred Fischer, Oppenweiler (DE); and Timo Knecht, Mundelsheim (DE)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/641,341.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2023 203 730.0 (DE), filed on Apr. 24, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0353883 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. G05G 1/30 (2008.04); B60K 26/02 (2006.01); B60T 7/04 (2006.01); G05G 1/38 (2008.04); G05G 1/42 (2008.04); G05G 5/05 (2006.01)
CPC G05G 1/38 (2013.01) [B60K 26/02 (2013.01); B60T 7/042 (2013.01); G05G 1/42 (2013.01); G05G 5/05 (2013.01); B60T 2220/04 (2013.01); G05G 2505/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pedal unit for controlling a vehicle function, comprising:
a tread plate having a support surface configured to receive an actuating force of a driver's foot;
a housing cover connected to the tread plate and movable via a small stroke movement along a vertical direction of the pedal unit;
a sensor housing connected to the housing cover and having formed therein at least one sensor arrangement; and
at least one deflection device designed to deflect a small the stroke movement of the housing cover extending along the vertical direction of the pedal unit caused by the actuating force into a measuring movement extending along a longitudinal direction of the pedal unit,
wherein the at least one sensor arrangement is designed to detect the measuring movement based on the stroke movement in a contactless manner.