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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2023
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Heiko Walter, Untergruppenbach, DE;
Christoph Diekmann, Besigheim, DE;
David Volkmer, Marbach Am Neckar, DE;
Marcel Bastian, Tamm, DE;
Maximilian Bayer, Tamm, DE;
Michael Hofmann, Mannheim, DE;
Philipp Seibold, Fellbach, DE;
Sebastian Stolz, Neckarwestheim, DE;
Thorsten Maucher, Neckarwestheim, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A pedal unit for a vehicle has a sensor surface which includes at least two functional regions and is designed to detect an actuation by the driver. The pedal unit also has at least one evaluation and control unit coupled to the sensor surface and designed to evaluate an actuation of one of the at least two functional regions detected by the sensor surface and, as a function of this evaluation, control a vehicle function associated with the corresponding functional region of the sensor surface. At least one region of the sensor surface is raised or lowered and enables a haptic differentiation between the at least two functional regions of the sensor surface.