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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:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mercedes-Benz AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74513 ; 74560 ;
Abstract
In a vehicle control pedal unit comprising a mounting structure having a U-shaped mounting end with spaced parallel leg walls between which one end of a pedal lever is pivotally supported to which a pedal is attached at its other end, a cover is disposed, and pivotally supported with one end, on the spaced parallel leg walls for at least partially closing the space between the leg walls and a return spring having one end attached to the pivot lever is disposed in the space between the parallel leg walls and connected with its other end to the cover for resiliently holding said cover in a closed position in engagement with the leg walls and biasing the pivot lever into an idle end position.