US 11,752,866 B2
Organ-type electronic pedal device
Eun Sik Kim, Gwangmyeong-si (KR); Hyeon Uk Kim, Daegu (KR); Ji Soo Kim, Daegu (KR); and Jong Hwan Han, Daegu (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and KYUNG CHANG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., Daegu (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Kyung Chang Industrial Co.,Ltd., Daegu (KR)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/840,781.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0108986 (KR), filed on Aug. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0059359 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 26/02 (2006.01); B60T 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 26/021 (2013.01) [B60T 7/042 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An organ-type electronic pedal device comprising:
a pedal housing;
a pedal pad coupled to the pedal housing so as to be rotatable about a hinge pin, the pedal pad being operated by a driver;
a hysteresis lever located in the pedal housing and rotatable relative to the pedal housing, the hysteresis lever being in contact with the pedal pad and configured to generate hysteresis when the pedal pad rotates;
a spring module having two ends supported by the pedal pad and the hysteresis lever; and
a plurality of stroke sensors, which are fixed in the pedal housing, connected to the pedal pad, and configured to generate a pedal function-related signal when the pedal pad rotates,
the pedal pad comprises:
a box-shaped pad part having a pad surface operated by a driver's foot, one end of the spring module being inserted into the pad part to be rotatably coupled thereto; and
a pedal arm part having one end connected to the pad part and another end coupled to the hinge pin, the pedal arm part being connected to the plurality of stroke sensors.