Patent ID: 8806977

Claim:
A vehicle pedal assembly comprising: a pedal housing; a pedal extending into the pedal housing, the pedal being mounted to the pedal housing for rotation relative to the pedal housing; and a pedal hysteresis assembly in the pedal housing including: a friction device adapted for movement in the pedal housing; a friction plunger adapted to exert a force against the friction device; a first spring extending between the pedal and the friction plunger and adapted to exert a spring force against the friction plunger which causes the friction plunger to exert the force against the friction device which causes the friction device into abutting frictional contact with the pedal housing in response to the rotation of the pedal to generate and transfer a resistance force to the pedal; a lever arm extending from the pedal into contact with the friction device and adapted to move the friction device in a first direction in response to the rotation of the pedal; and a second spring in contact with the friction device and adapted to exert a spring force against and move the friction device in a second direction opposite the first direction.