US 12,459,473 B2
Vehicle pedal spring resistance emulator assembly with position sensor
Ryan Andrew Wagner, Goshen, IN (US); David Kolberg, Granger, IN (US); and Xiaofeng Huang, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to CTS Corporation, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed by CTS Corporation, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/045,033.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/254,378, filed on Oct. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0114657 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B60T 8/40 (2006.01); B60T 7/04 (2006.01); B60T 7/06 (2006.01); B60T 8/32 (2006.01); G05G 5/03 (2008.04)
CPC B60T 8/4086 (2013.01) [B60T 7/042 (2013.01); B60T 7/06 (2013.01); B60T 8/3255 (2013.01); B60T 8/409 (2013.01); G05G 5/03 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle pedal emulator assembly comprising:
a housing defining a first interior cavity;
a sleeve extending and adapted for sliding movement in the interior cavity of the housing, the sleeve defining a second interior cavity;
first and second springs in one end of the first interior cavity of the housing, the first and second springs being compressible in response to the sliding movement of the sleeve in the interior cavity of the housing;
a first shaft extending between a first end and a second end in the first interior cavity of the housing, the second end extending into the second interior cavity of the sleeve, the first and second springs surrounding the first shaft; and
third and fourth springs in an opposed end of the first interior cavity of the housing, the third and fourth springs being compressible in response to the sliding movement of the sleeve, wherein the third spring extends between the second end of the first shaft toward an end of the sleeve.