Patent ID: 7469462

Claim:
A method of assembling an electronic control pedal assembly comprising, in combination, the steps of: providing a fixed support structure; providing a pedal arm supported for movement relative to said fixed support; providing the pedal arm with a lower end carrying a pedal; pivotably supporting an upper end of the pedal arm on a shaft to define a pivot axis; wherein the pedal arm is pivotable relative to the support structure about the pivot axis; providing a sensor at least partly carried by the fixed support and operable to generate an electric control signal that varies in magnitude in proportion to the extent of movement of the pedal arm relative to the fixed support structure; wherein the sensor is a potentiometer; and trimming at least one resistive track of the potentiometer after assembly of the sensor to the fixed support so that the sensor provides a first desired electric control signal at a first position of the pedal arm.