Patent ID: 9027436
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B60K,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle pedal assembly comprising: a pedal housing including a housing wall defining an aperture; a pedal extending in the pedal housing; a shaft in the pedal housing and mounted for rotation relative to the pedal housing and including a distal end that extends from the pedal through the aperture defined in the housing wall of the pedal housing, the shaft including a radial end face that defines a centrally located interior recess; a sensor assembly rotor mounted to the shaft for rotation with the shaft, the rotor including a cap abutting against and surrounding the radial end face of the shaft and defining a centrally located through aperture in co-linear alignment with the interior recess defined in the radial end face of the shaft; a pin extending through the through aperture defined in the cap of the rotor and the interior recess in the shaft, the pin being in contact with and coupled to both the rotor and the shaft.