Patent ID: 7191759

Claim:
An apparatus for allowing electronic control of an engine speed of an engine by an operator, the apparatus comprising: a pedal arm, the pedal arm being pivotally attached to a pedal support at a pedal attachment point, the pedal arm having a pedal position; a transmitter coil; a receiver coil, providing a receiver signal due to an inductive coupling between the transmitter coil and the receiver coil when the transmitter coil is energized by an alternating current; and a coupler element having a coupler position, the coupler element being mechanically associated with the pedal arm so that the coupler position is correlated with the pedal position, the coupler element modifying the inductive coupling between the transmitter coil and the receiver coil so that the receiver signal is correlated with the pedal arm position, wherein the receiver coil includes a first loop configuration and a second loop configuration, inductive coupling from the transmitter coil inducing a first voltage in the first loop configuration and a second voltage in the second loop configuration, the first and second voltages being opposed, the first and second loop configurations being electrically interconnected by a cross-over connection, the cross-over connection being generally disposed along a radial direction relative to the pedal attachment point.