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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Inventors:
Erik St. Gray, Tacoma, WA (US);
Stefan Witwicki, San Carlos, CA (US);
Nikhil Gowda, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Franklin, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 26/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 26/021 (2013.01); B60K 2026/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle pedal, a vehicle engine and an electronic control unit. The vehicle engine generates a torque output of the vehicle in accordance with an operation of the vehicle pedal. The electronic control unit controls the vehicle pedal between a normal state, an increased resistance state and a decreased resistance state. The vehicle pedal is less sensitive to driver pressure in the increased resistance state. The vehicle pedal is more sensitive to driver pressure in the decreased resistance state.