US Patent 7971506 Automotive accelerator pedal with adaptive position kick-down detent
Patent 7971506 was granted and assigned to Honda on July, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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An adaptive position kick-down detent mechanism for providing a force feedback to an operator of a vehicle through a drive-by-wire accelerator prior to the transmission performing a kick-down. The kick-down detent mechanism includes a plunger portion, a plunger driving device, and an elastic portion. The plunger portion is slidable within the plunger driving device and is biased by the elastic portion. An electronic control unit communicates a kick-down pedal position to the plunger driving device, which moves the plunger portion to the kick-down pedal position so that the force feedback is provided to the driver before the kick-down even as the kick-down pedal position changes during vehicle operation.
US Patent 07971506 Automotive accelerator pedal with adaptive position kick-down detent US Patent 7971506 Automotive accelerator pedal with adaptive position kick-down detent
US Patent 07971506 Automotive accelerator pedal with adaptive position kick-down detent
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