Patent ID: 7278337

Claim:
An accelerator pedal module ( 1 ) for controlling the power of a driving engine comprising, a bearing block ( 4 ) embodied as a one-piece molded part comprising a bearing region having a bearing bore ( 98 ) and at least one bearing face ( 82 ), a pedal lever ( 2 ) retained rotatably on said at least one bearing face ( 82 ) and being coaxial with a pivot axis ( 20 ) on the bearing block ( 4 ), a rotation sensor ( 102 ) having a sensor shaft ( 100 ) actuated by the pedal lever ( 2 ), the sensor shaft being coaxial with the pivot axis ( 20 ), and at least a part ( 104 ) of the sensor shaft ( 100 ) being directly supported rotatably in the bearing bore ( 98 ) of the bearing region of the bearing block ( 4 ), wherein at least part of a radial surface of said bearing region forms said at least one bearing face ( 82 ) for the pedal lever ( 2 ), wherein the bearing region is formed by a hollow peg ( 78 ) of the bearing block ( 4 ), the hollow peg being coaxial with the pivot axis ( 20 ) and further comprising at least one additional partly cylindrical outer surface ( 74 , 82 ) of different diameter embodied on the radially outer surface of the hollow peg ( 78 ).