Patent ID: 9513656
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: B60K,F16H,G05G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle pedal resistance and kickdown assembly comprising: a case including a plurality of walls defining at least first and second interior cavities, one or more of the plurality of walls defining first and second apertures in communication with the first and second cavities respectively; a first spring inserted into the first cavity through the first aperture in the one or more of the plurality of walls; a plunger inserted into the first cavity through the first aperture in the one or more of the plurality of walls into a relationship abutting against one of the ends of the first spring and the plunger defining an external recess, the spring biasing a proximal end of the plunger outwardly from the case; a rod inserted into the case through a third aperture defined in another of the walls of the case and into the recess defined in the plunger in a first position of the plunger; a second spring inserted into the second cavity of the case through the second aperture in the one or more of the walls of the case into an abutting relationship against the rod and biasing the rod in the recess, the plunger being movable in the first cavity from the first position in which the rod is located in the recess to a second position in which the first and second springs are compressed and the rod is located outside the recess; and a pair of clip arms unitary with the case and projecting outwardly from the second interior cavity of the case, the second spring being wedged between and in contact with the pair of clip arms.