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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2007
David S. Breed, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Jeffrey L. Morin, Lincoln Park, MI (US);
Wilbur E. Duvall, Reeds Spring, MO (US);
David S. Breed, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Jeffrey L. Morin, Lincoln Park, MI (US);
Wilbur E. DuVall, Reeds Spring, MO (US);
Automotive Technologies International, Inc., Denville, NJ (US);
Abstract
System and method for adjusting at least one pedal for a driver in a vehicle in which a determining system determines one or more morphological characteristics of the driver, a motor is coupled to the pedal(s) and is at least automatically controllable without manual intervention to move the pedal(s) relative to a floor of the vehicle and thus adjust the position of the pedal(s) relative to the driver, and a control circuit is coupled to the determining system and the motor for automatically controlling the motor based on the determined morphological characteristic(s) of the driver. The pedal may be an accelerator pedal and/or a brake pedal of the vehicle.