Patent ID: 11892867
Assignee: KSR IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A pedal assembly comprising:
an outer housing having a cavity;
an inner housing having a proximate end, an opposite distal end, and an outer surface, the inner housing slidably received within the cavity of the outer housing;
a pedal pad having an annular member extending from an inner surface of the pedal pad, the annular member coupled to the inner housing, the pedal pad and the inner housing configured to translate along a movement axis in response to a load applied to the pedal pad; and
a sensor assembly having:
a plurality of target members coupled to the outer surface of the inner housing,
a first sensor is an inductive sensing sensor having a transmitting coil and at least one receiving coil and is configured to sense a position of at least one of the plurality of target members, the least one of the plurality of target members is configured to influence an eddy current or an electric field of the first sensor, and
a second sensor is a Hall Effect sensor and is configured to sense a position of a second target member of the at least one of the plurality of target members, the second target member of the at least one of the plurality of target members is configured to influence a magnetic field sensed by the Hall Effect sensor,

wherein, during a translation of the inner housing along the movement axis, the plurality of target members move with the inner housing from a first position to a second position indicative of the movement of the inner housing within the cavity.