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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:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2014
Applicants:
Steven Brown, Armadale, GB;
Gerard Mccafferty, Glasgow, GB;
Stephen Debon, Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CTS CORPORATION, Lisle, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/40 (2008.04); G05G 5/03 (2008.04); G05G 1/44 (2008.04);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/40 (2013.01); G05G 5/03 (2013.01); G05G 1/44 (2013.01); Y10T 74/20534 (2015.01);
Abstract
An active vibratory pedal assembly including a pedal and means integrated with the pedal for causing the vibration of the pedal which, in one embodiment, comprises a vibration generation assembly located and mounted to the underside of the pedal plate which includes an electric motor and an eccentric coupled to and rotatable relative to the motor and adapted to generate a force that causes the vibration of the pedal plate for providing an operator with a sensory signal of a vehicular condition or event such as, for example, a vehicle's excessive speed.