Patent ID: 11932220
Assignee: KSR IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 11:
12. A pedal assembly for a vehicle, the pedal assembly comprising:
a housing;
a spring arm member coupled to the housing;
a pedal arm having a hub portion and an opposite pedal pad, the hub portion is movably coupled to the housing by the spring arm member at the hub portion;
a spring carrier coupled to the pedal arm and to the spring arm member, the spring carrier having at least one spring positioned to provide a first pedal effort force to the pedal arm at a first amount of predetermined travel of the pedal arm; and
a spring guide assembly having a spring guide member and a second at least one spring extending in an angled direction with respect to the spring carrier, the spring guide member having a cam surface and an opposite rear surface, the second at least one spring positioned between the rear surface and the housing, the second at least one spring provides a second pedal effort force at a second amount of predetermined travel of the pedal arm, the cam surface is spaced apart from the pedal arm when the pedal arm is at the first amount of predetermined travel of the pedal arm and when the pedal arm is at the second amount of predetermined travel of the pedal arm, the cam surface is in contact with the pedal arm,
wherein when the pedal pad is depressed to the first amount of predetermined travel of the pedal arm, the at least one spring of the spring carrier applies the first pedal effort force onto the pedal arm and when the pedal pad is further depressed to the second amount of predetermined travel of the pedal arm, the cam surface and the second at least one spring applies the second pedal effort force onto the pedal arm, the second pedal effort force is a greater pedal effort than the first pedal effort force.