Patent ID: 7823480

Claim:
A brake pedal assembly for a vehicle, said brake pedal assembly comprising: a support bracket having a generally planar mounting face; a first side wall and a second side wall spaced a predetermined distance apart from said first side wall, said first side wall and said second side wall extending outwardly from said mounting face, wherein an integral switch portion of said first side wall contains a pair of generally parallel arcuate slots; a pedal arm pivotally mounted between said first side wall and said second side wall; at least one pair of contact posts disposed on said pedal arm and positioned such that each of said pair of contact posts extends through a corresponding one of said pair of arcuate slots in said integral switch portion of said first side wall; a conductive strip interconnecting each of said pair of contact posts; and a switch cover plate secured to said first side wall, wherein an electronic switch is operatively disposed on an inside surface of said cover plate, and said pair of contact posts travels within said pair of arcuate slots in response to movement of said pedal arm to electrically actuate said switch and send an electrical signal to a component in communication with said integral switch portion.