Abstract: An adjustable control pedal includes an upper arm, a lower arm, and a drive assembly operatively connected to the lower arm to selectively move the lower arm relative to the upper arm. The drive assembly includes a drive screw, a drive nut cooperating with the drive screw such that the drive nut travels along the drive screw upon rotation of the drive screw, and an electric motor to selectively rotate the drive screw. A hall-effect sensor is located adjacent the drive screw and cooperates with a ring magnet rotatable with the drive screw to detect motion information, including distance and velocity information, upon rotation of the drive screw. The controller determines stall conditions of the lower pedal arm between the limits of travel based on the velocity information received during movement of the lower pedal arm to reduce injury or damage resulting from engagement with obstructions.

Abstract: A pantograph jack includes a base, a load rest, first and second lower arms each pivotably coupled at a first end to the base, and first and second upper arms each pivotably coupled at a first end to the load rest. Second ends of the first lower and upper arms are pivotably coupled at a first joint. Second ends of the second lower and upper arms are pivotably coupled at a second joint. A screw extends between the joints and operably moves the joints toward and away from each other upon rotation of the screw to raise and lower the load rest. A bearing spacer includes a flange forming a bearing engagement surface at a first end and a second end engaging the second joint. The drive screw has an abutment facing the bearing engagement surface. A bearing is located between the bearing engagement surface and the abutment.

Abstract: An adjustable control pedal for a motor vehicle includes a pivotable upper pedal arm having a slot formed therein, a link pivotable relative to the upper pedal arm, and a lower pedal arm having an upper end pivotably connected to the link and a lower end carrying a pedal. A nut is pivotally connected to the link such that the link pivots relative to the upper pedal arm upon movement of the nut along a drive screw. A pin is connected to the lower pedal arm and laterally extends into the slot such that the pin moves along the slot upon pivotal movement of the link. Also disclosed is a control pedal having a drive block or a pair of spaced apart pins located in a single slot of the upper pedal arm.

Abstract: A control pedal assembly includes a support structure having a guide surface and a pedal arm carrying a pedal at a lower end of the pedal arm. The pedal arm is pivotable relative to the support structure about a pivot axis between a released position and an applied position. A hysteresis device is secured to an upper end of the pedal arm and engages the guide surface so that the hysteresis device slides along the guide surface as the pivot arm pivots between the released position and the applied position. A distance between the guide surface and the pivot axis varies so that the hysteresis device applies an increasing normal force to the guide surface to create an increasing friction force that opposes sliding motion of the hysteresis device as the pedal arm pivots from the released position to the applied position.