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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1998
Larry G. Willemsen, Morpeth, CA;
Patrick J. Burton, Ridgetown, CA;
KSR Industrial Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
An adjustable control pedal apparatus is used in a motor vehicle. The brake and/or clutch pedal apparatus includes a driven pedal arm rotatably and operatively mounted to the vehicle about a rotation axis substantially parallel to the pitch axis. An inner pedal arm is adjustably mounted to the driven pedal arm, and a pedal is attached to the inner pedal arm. The brake and/or clutch pedal apparatus further comprises a mechanism disposed within the driven pedal arm for varying the proximity of the pedal to the operator. The accelerator pedal apparatus of the present invention comprises an inner pedal arm rotatably and operatively mounted to the vehicle about a rotation axis substantially parallel to the pitch axis. An driven pedal arm is adjustably mounted to the inner pedal arm, and a pedal is attached to the driven pedal arm. The accelerator pedal apparatus also comprises a mechanism, substantially disposed within the inner pedal arm and the outer pedal arm, for varying the proximity of the pedal to the operator.