Patent ID: 9557762
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B60K,G05G,Y10T

Claim:
1. An accelerator pedal apparatus with a variable pedal effect, the accelerator pedal apparatus comprising: an intermediate bush installed to be moved along an interior space of a pedal housing; a pair of first conductors fixedly installed on a first surface of the intermediate bush and a spring plate facing the first surface of the intermediate bush, respectively; a first coil spring installed such that opposite ends of the first coil spring are supported by the first conductors and to which a third conductor is integrally coupled substantially over an entire surface of the first coil spring; a pair of second conductors fixedly installed on a second surface of the intermediate bush and an end of the interior space of the pedal housing facing the second surface of the intermediate bush; a second coil spring installed such that opposite ends of the second coil spring are supported by the second conductors and to which a fourth conductor is integrally coupled over an entire surface of the second coil spring; and a controller for controlling supply of a current to the first conductors, supply of a current to the second conductors, directions of the currents to the first and second conductors, and intensities of the currents to the first and second conductors.