Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle braking type indication systems and methods
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Application No.: US16403781Application Date: 2019-05-06
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Publication No.: US11142172B2Publication Date: 2021-10-12
- Inventor: Frank C. Valeri , Glenn Pietila , Timothy R. Bohn
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: B60T7/04
- IPC: B60T7/04 ; B60T17/22 ; B60W50/16 ; B60W30/18

Abstract:
A brake pedal portion is configured to be contacted by a driver; an arm portion is connected to the brake portion and is configured to, in response to force being applied to the brake pedal portion, move in a first direction away from a first predetermined position and toward a second predetermined position; a detent mechanism is configured to: apply a first biasing force to the arm portion in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction when a position of the arm portion is between the first predetermined position and a third predetermined position between the first and second predetermined positions; and apply a second biasing force to the arm portion in the second direction opposite to the first direction when the position of the arm portion is between the third and second predetermined positions, where the first biasing force is different than the second biasing force.
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