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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2010
Scott Richard Slade, Livonia, MI (US);
Crystal Jasmine Mink, South Lyon, MI (US);
Herb Meingast, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Scott Richard Slade, Livonia, MI (US);
Crystal Jasmine Mink, South Lyon, MI (US);
Herb Meingast, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
A switch bracket includes a bracket body that includes a lower surface and a kickplate. The switch bracket also includes a switch mount located on the lower surface of the bracket body, where at least a portion of the kickplate extends outward from the lower surface further than the stop lamp switch that is retained at the switch mount. In another embodiment, a brake pedal assembly includes a switch bracket coupled to a pedal mount, the switch bracket having a lower surface and a kickplate. The brake pedal assembly also includes a stop lamp switch coupled to the lower surface of the switch bracket, and a brake pedal rotationally engaged with the pedal mount and coupled to the stop lamp switch.