Teleflex, Inc.

Pollack Laboratories, Inc.

Kongsberg Automotive Holding Asa, Inc.

Teleflex Corporated

William P Doucet

Michael J Pollack

Richard A DiDomizio

Sean E Rick

Sean Rick

Charles R Peniston

Chuck Peniston

Jan Vondras

Dustin Harvey

A hermetically-sealed electrical feed-through device includes a conductor, an insulating sleeve, and an outer ferule interconnected in a manner preventing relative rotation therebetween and/or includes a thermocouple in direct contact with the conductor for monitoring temperature. The conductor can have a body section extending along an axis and having an outer contour including flats or an outwardly-extending eccentrically-shaped lobe. The sleeve confronts and covers the body section of the conductor and accommodates and engages the outer contour at the flats or lobe to prevent rotation of the conductor relative to the sleeve, and the outer ferrule sandwiches the insulating sleeve between the outer ferrule and the outer contour of the conductor. The outer ferrule accommodates and engages the sleeve adjacent the outer contour of the conductor at the flats or lobe to prevent rotation of the insulator sleeve relative to the outer ferrule.

Hermetically-sealed feed-through device

A hysteresis assembly for a pedal includes an elastic member support, two adjacent hysteresis blocks, and an elastic member connecting the elastic member support to the more distant hysteresis block. The hysteresis blocks interface at a slope. The assembly is attached at one end to a mounting bracket for the pedal via a shaft, and at the other end to the pedal arm. As the pedal is displaced, the hysteresis blocks slide relative to each other and frictionally engage the mounting bracket. The frictional force is proportional to the return force generated by the elastic member. The spring rate of the elastic member, the angle of the slope between the hysteresis blocks, and the point of attachment are determined, through analysis, to provide desired hysteresis forces (i.e., idle force, frictional force, and return force) to the pedal, thus providing the feel of a mechanical pedal in an electronic pedal.

Method and apparatus for pedal hysteresis

A pair of parallel ears () extend upwardly from a base () to pivotally support a pedal (). A mounting plate () includes a mounting portion () for attachment to a vehicle and a raised tongue () extending from a raised tunnel portion () for receiving a projection () of the base (). The raised tongue () is narrower than the pivot distance between the ears () for extending between the ears (). A slot () is defined by the mounting plate () with a bolt extending through the slot () from the projection () of the base () for fixing the operational position. The structure allows the assembly to be mounted in a wide variety of vehicles and fixed in an operating position dependent upon the space in the vehicle and fixed in that operating position for all further vehicle operation.

Pedal mount assembly

In an adjustable foot pedal assembly for a vehicle, a brake pedal is supported on a carrier, which is adjustable fore and aft. A brake valve has a valve body fixed relative to the path of carrier movement, and a plunger movable in a direction transverse to the path of carrier movement. A transfer arm, pivoted on the carrier, is operatively connected to the foot pedal and the plunger, for effecting movement of the plunger in response to depression of the foot pedal so that the relationship between the movement of the foot pedal and the responsive movement of the plunger is independent of the position of the carrier. The brake valve does not need to be moved as the pedal position is adjusted, and the brake pedal characteristics are therefore unaffected by adjustment of the position of the pedal.

Adjustable foot pedal assembly

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Royersford, PA, United States of America

William P Doucet