Patent ID: 6675923
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: B60K,B60W,G05G

Abstract:
A device for operating a cruise control system for a vehicle, comprising means to separate a travel of an accelerator pedal into first and second parts, depression of the pedal being less in the first travel part than in the second travel part, depressing the pedal in the first travel part engaging the cruise control system and a pull-back force of the pedal being smaller in the first travel part than in the second travel part;wherein the second travel part controls the acceleration of the vehicle; and wherein the means for separating the travel of the accelerator pedal into two parts comprise a yoke provided with an upper stop and a lower stop, the pedal being mobile between these two stops, the shifting of the yoke activating the acceleration of the vehicle, the first travel part being constituted by the shifting of the pedal with respect to the yoke and the second travel part being constituted by the shifting of the yoke.