Patent ID: 6089120
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B60K,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
A vehicle operating pedal unit for a motor vehicle comprising a pedal housing having a bore, a bearing sleeve firmly supported in said pedal housing co-axially with said bore, a pedal lever having a bearing eye pivotally supported on said bearing sleeve, a pedal supported at one end on said pedal housing and engaging said pedal lever adjacent its other end for operating said pedal lever, a return spring acting on said pedal lever, a pedal position sensor unit including a sensor housing having integrally formed therewith a slide cylinder extending from one side of said pedal housing into said bearing sleeve through said pedal housing bore and being firmly connected to said pedal housing so as to be non-rotatable relative thereto, a sensor shaft rotatably supported in said slide cylinder extending into said bearing sleeve and having an end disposed in said sensor housing for cooperation with sensor components sensing the angular positions of said sensor shaft, and a carrier pin extending through radially aligned windows in said cylinder and said bearing sleeve and having opposite ends, one mounted in said sensor shaft and the other in said pedal lever bearing eye, thereby operatively interconnecting said pedal lever and said sensor shaft for movement of said sensor shaft in unison with said pedal lever.