Electric accelerator pedal assembly of automobile

DRIVE May 23, 2001
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The electric accelerator pedal assembly includes a retainer (110) fixed to a body of the automobile, an accelerator rod (120) mounted with a pedal at one end thereof, the accelerator rod being hingedly supported by the retainer (110), a pair of lever arms (141,142) for transmitting a hinging angle of the accelerator rod (120) in an amplified state, a rotating shaft for changing the amplified hinging angle into a rotating angle, a potentiometer (150) for detecting the rotating angle transmitted from the rotating shaft, and outputting a detect signal indicative of the detected rotating angle, and an electronic control unit for receiving the detect signal from the potentiometer (150), and electrically controlling an opening degree of a throttle valve in response to the received detect signal.

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