Patent ID: 7331256

Claim:
A thrust return pedal comprising a control device ( 2 ) having a control member ( 6 ) that moves between a raised position of rest and a position of maximum depression, return means ( 20 , 22 ) of the control device returning the control member ( 6 ) to its position of rest, and a thrust return mechanism ( 4 ) designed to create a hard point during the depression of the control member ( 6 ), the thrust return mechanism ( 4 ) comprising an electric motor ( 28 ) that acts on the control device ( 2 ), by the intermediary of unidirectional connection means ( 36 ) in the same direction as the return means ( 20 , 22 ) of the control device ( 2 ), the unidirectional connection prohibiting any action of the thrust return mechanism ( 4 ) on the control device ( 2 ) in the direction opposite to the direction of action of the return means ( 20 , 22 ), the unidirectional connection making it possible, according to the relative position of the control device ( 2 ) and of the thrust return mechanism ( 4 ), to depress the control member ( 6 ) as far as the hard point without transmitting thrust to the thrust return mechanism ( 4 ), the electric motor ( 28 ) allowing the position of a connection member ( 34 ) to be adjusted and the unidirectional connection means ( 36 ) being arranged between this connection member ( 34 ) and the control device ( 2 ), wherein the connection member ( 34 ) is a rotatable spindle whose angular position is adjusted by the electric motor ( 28 ).