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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Ksr Ip Holdings, Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
KSR IP HOLDINGS LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/20 (2006.01); B60K 23/02 (2006.01); G01B 7/30 (2006.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01); B60K 26/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 23/02 (2013.01); G01B 7/30 (2013.01); G01D 5/145 (2013.01); G01D 5/2046 (2013.01); B60K 2026/022 (2013.01); B60W 2420/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pedal assembly having a pedal pivotally secured to a housing. A sensor is fixed to the housing at the pivot, the sensor including first and second components. A member is mounted to the pivot and slaved to the pedal in proximity to the sensor, the member including a coupler and an activating component. Upon pivotal rotation of the member relative to the sensor, the coupler communicating with the first sensor component to generate an output indicative of an angular position of the pedal relative to the housing. The activating component communicates with the second sensor component to function as a wakeup switch for the sensor.