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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2024
Hella Gmbh & Co. Kgaa, Lippstadt, DE;
Werner Austermeier, Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, DE;
Kerim Florian Huge, Lippstadt, DE;
Andreas Mueller, Bueren ot Siddinghausen, DE;
Ralf Ridder, Lippstadt, DE;
Claus Viethen, Erwitte, DE;
Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt, DE;
Abstract
A pedal emulator for a vehicle, having a rotational axis, a pedal lever that can be rotated about the rotational axis, and a force generation unit for exerting a counterforce on the pedal lever via at least one coupling element of the force generation unit that is mechanically coupled to the pedal lever. The counterforce acting in the opposite direction to an actuation force exerted on the pedal lever. The force generation unit can be designed such that a curve of the counterforce along a pedal path of the pedal lever is in the form of a non-linear curve in a pedal path-counterforce diagram.