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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2001
Mannesmann VDO AG, Frankfurt, DE;
Abstract
A pedal ( ), in particular for a motor vehicle, has a pedal arm ( ) which can be deflected at its first end region ( ) by a force ( ), in particular a foot force, is mounted at its second end region ( ) in a manner such that it can pivot about a pivot spindle ( ) mounted in a housing ( ), and is acted upon in a manner such that it can be pivoted back into an initial position by a restoring spring element ( ) which surrounds the pivot spindle ( ). In this arrangement, the restoring spring element ( ) is supported on a first lever arm ( ) of a pivotably mounted lever ( ). The second lever arm ( ) of the lever ( ) bears via a friction body ( ) against a friction surface ( ). The friction surface ( ) in turn can be pivoted about the pivot spindle ( ) of the pedal arm ( ) and is arranged on the second end region ( ) of the pedal arm ( ). This pedal ( ) has a particularly low outlay on production and at the same time the coefficient of friction of the friction pairing formed from the friction body ( ) and the friction surface ( ) is settable within a particularly large range of values. Wherein, the friction surface ( ) is part of a friction element ( ), and the second end region ( ) of the pedal arm ( ) is connected fixedly to the friction element ( ) via an adhesive material ( ).