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EP 1478541 A1 20041124 - ACCELERATOR PEDAL UNIT

Title (en)

ACCELERATOR PEDAL UNIT

Title (de)

FAHRPEDALEINHEIT

Title (fr)

UNITE DE PEDALE D'ACCELERATEUR

Publication

EP 1478541 A1 20041124 (DE)

Application

EP 03708032 A 20030213

Priority

DE 0300441 W 20030213
DE 10208504 A 20020227

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO03072385A1] The invention relates to an accelerator pedal unit consisting of a pedal (1), a return spring (2), which is connected to the pedal (1), and of a coupling element (3), which is mounted on the pedal (1) and connected to a permanent magnet rotor (4') of a rotary magnet (4).

IPC 1-7

B60K 26/02; G05G 1/14

IPC 8 full level

B60K 26/04 (2006.01); B60K 26/02 (2006.01); G05G 1/30 (2008.04); G05G 1/38 (2008.04)

CPC (source: EP US)

B60K 26/021 (2013.01 - EP US); G05G 1/30 (2013.01 - EP US); G05G 1/38 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10T 74/20534 (2015.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 03072385 A1 20030904; DE 10208504 A1 20030904; EP 1478541 A1 20041124; JP 2005525262 A 20050825; US 2005011493 A1 20050120

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 0300441 W 20030213; DE 10208504 A 20020227; EP 03708032 A 20030213; JP 2003571107 A 20030213; US 91855404 A 20040816