Patent ID: 6009772
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: B60K,F02D,Y10T

Abstract:
A motion transmitting device for controlling an internal combustion engine by means of an accelerator pedal comprising: a support bracket, a pedal position transmitter housing mounted on said support bracket and having a drive shaft rotatably mounted in said transmitter housing with an end projecting therefrom, a control lever mounted on said drive shaft for rotation therewith, a pull member linking said control lever to said accelerator pedal for movement therewith, a return coil spring arranged on said control lever coaxially with said drive shaft and a return spring guide element extending from said control lever and being received within said return coil spring for guiding said return coil spring, said return coil spring having one end engaged with said control lever and the other end engaged with said support bracket at locations such that the force acting on said bracket by said return spring extends along a line which is parallel to the direction of the force applied to said control lever by said pull member but in opposite direction.