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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2017
Cts Corporation, Lisle, IL (US);
Nicholas L. Ladocsi, Midlothian, VA (US);
Murray Kaijala, Elkhart, IN (US);
William S. Stewart, Elkhart, IN (US);
CTS Corporation, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A vehicle pedal with a contacting sensor that comprises a pedal arm coupled to and rotatable relative to a pedal housing. A rotor includes a first end coupled to the pedal arm and an opposed end with contactors abutting and adapted to slide against a resistive element in response to the rotation of the pedal arm. A head on the rotor includes means for preventing the over-deflection of the contactors. In one embodiment, the means for preventing the over-deflection of the contactors comprises an extension on the head of the rotor that defines a stop limiting the deflection of the contactors. In another embodiment, the means for preventing the over-deflection of the contactors comprises the combination of a tab on the head of the rotor and a wall in the interior of the pedal housing. The tab abuts against the wall and prevents the movement of the rotor in the direction of the resistive element.