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Methods, systems, and apparatus for a regenerative braking and powertrain pedal system. The powertrain system includes an electric motor that is configured to generate regenerative energy and provide a regenerative braking torque. The powertrain system includes an electronic control unit coupled to the electric motor. The electronic control unit is configured to cause an accelerator pedal to rotate about its pivot point to increase a total available stroke in response to an energy recovery mode being activated. The electronic control unit is configured to control an amount of the regenerative braking torque to be applied using an accelerator pedal position. The electronic control unit is configured to cause the accelerator pedal to rotate about its pivot point to decrease the total available stroke in response to the energy recovery mode being deactivated.

A vehicle corner module (VCM) is provided for regulating motion of a host vehicle which comprises a vehicle-onboard vehicle-controller. The VCM comprises a sub-frame mountable to a reference frame of the host vehicle; a wheel-hub assembly comprising a wheel-hub; VCM-sub-systems mediating between the sub-frame and the wheel-hub assembly, e.g., a drive subsystem, a steering subsystem, a suspension subsystem and / or a braking subsystem; and an VCM-onboard VCM-controller, comprising one or more processors and a computer-readable medium storing program instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to establish a communication link with a vehicle-controller, including electronically transferring information about the VCM from the VCM-controller to the vehicle-controller, and to perform, in response to an installation of the VCM on a vehicle, a post-installation validation-process that includes validating the VCM-subsystems and communicating a result of the validating to the vehicle-controller.

The invention relates to a pedal unit (10) for controlling a vehicle function, comprising a modular pedal head (20) which receives an actuating force from a driver's foot and is connected to a housing cover (12) movable with a small stroke against the force of a return spring (14) along a vertical direction (z) of the pedal unit (10), wherein the movable housing cover (12) is connected to a guide piston (13) which is axially movably guided in a sensor housing (16), wherein at least one sensor arrangement (17) is arranged in the sensor housing (16) which is configured to detect and evaluate the stroke movement of the guide piston (13) and the movable housing cover (12), wherein at least one guide structure (13.1) is arranged on the guide piston (13) which is located in a corresponding receiving contour (16) arranged on the sensor housing (16).1) is positively engaged and prevents a rotational movement of the guide piston (13) about the vertical direction (z) of the pedal unit (10).

A vehicle operation system, including: a steering member to be gripped by a hand of a driver of a vehicle for a steering operation; an operation member for at least one of a brake operation and an accelerator operation, the operation member being provided on the steering member so as to be operable by the driver's hand; a detection device configured to detect an operation amount of the operation member; and a computer configured to receive a detection result of the detection device; wherein the computer is configured to calculate a control characteristic that represents a relationship between the operation amount of the operation member and target deceleration or target acceleration, which is a control target value, based on the detection result of the detection device acquired in a situation in which a predetermined condition including a condition that a stop state of the vehicle is maintained is satisfied.

The invention relates to a pedal unit (10) for controlling a vehicle function, comprising a modular pedal head (20) which includes a pad carrier (21) and a replaceable pedal pad (22) and receives an actuating force from a driver's foot, and a housing cover (12) movable with a small stroke against the force of a return spring along a vertical direction (z) of the pedal unit (10), which is axially movably coupled to a sensor housing (16), wherein the pedal pad (22) is detachably connected to the pad carrier (21), which is detachably connected to the movable housing cover (12), wherein at least one feedback arrangement (23) is integrated in the detachable pad carrier (21), which is designed to output a predefinable haptic feedback to the driver's foot.

A steering wheel includes a boss portion disposed at a rotation steering center side, a grip portion disposed around the boss portion, and an operation lever portion disposed between the boss portion and the grip portion. The operation lever portion is pivotally supported by a rotation shaft portion provided close to the boss portion, and is configured to allow a press-down operation and a pull-up operation while the grip portion is gripped. A press-down operation surface of the operation lever portion is disposed along a grip surface being an upper surface of the grip portion, at a side separated from the rotation shaft portion and close to the grip portion, between the grip surface and an upper surface of a pad covering an upper surface of the boss portion. The rotation shaft portion is disposed above a lower end surface of the grip portion to be covered with the pad.

A pedal unit for controlling a vehicle function includes a pedal head, which receives an actuating force of a driver's foot, an outer housing which is open in the direction of the pedal head, an inner housing connected to the outer housing and which is open in the direction of the pedal head, a movable housing, and a sensor assembly. The movable housing is closed in the direction of the pedal head, arranged between the outer housing and the inner housing, mounted on the inner housing displaceably in the longitudinal extension of the inner housing with a small stroke against the force of a return spring, and is connected to the pedal head. The sensor assembly includes at least one measuring circuit having at least one sensor module arranged inside a sensor housing to detect a stroke movement of the movable housing caused by the actuating force.

An electric vehicle including a motor as a driving source includes: an accelerator; a pseudo shifter mimicking a gear changing operation; a pseudo clutch mimicking a clutch operation; a detector detecting an operation mode performed on each of the accelerator, pseudo shifter, and pseudo clutch by a driver, and a rotation speed of a driving wheel; a reaction force generator generating a reaction force in the pseudo shifter in response to a driver operation performed thereon; and a controller determining the reaction force. The controller includes a processor and a memory coupled thereto. The processor calculates a virtual differential rotation speed that is based on a virtual engine rotation speed, mimicking an engine rotation speed when the driving source is assumed as being an engine, and the rotation speed based on a detection result of the detector, and determines the reaction force based on the virtual differential rotation speed.

A vehicle pedal module includes a brake pedal device and an accelerator pedal device. The brake pedal device has a brake pedal first housing configured to rotatably support a brake pedal rotating shaft and to cover a brake-pedal reaction force generation mechanism, and a brake pedal second housing configured to support an end portion of the brake-pedal reaction force generation mechanism opposite to the brake pedal. The brake pedal second housing extends from the brake pedal device to the accelerator pedal device, to have at least a part of the accelerator pedal device fixed thereto, and to be installed on a vehicle body.

A pedal unit for a vehicle has a sensor surface which includes at least two functional regions and is designed to detect an actuation by the driver. The pedal unit also has at least one evaluation and control unit coupled to the sensor surface and designed to evaluate an actuation of one of the at least two functional regions detected by the sensor surface and, as a function of this evaluation, control a vehicle function associated with the corresponding functional region of the sensor surface. At least one region of the sensor surface is raised or lowered and enables a haptic differentiation between the at least two functional regions of the sensor surface.

A system for controlling a vehicle includes a steering actuator, a brake actuator a throttle actuator, an interface device and a control system. The interface device has a drive controller coupled to the brake actuator and the throttle actuator, and a steering controller coupled to the steering actuator. The control system is responsive to actuation of the interface device to change one or both of the speed and direction of the vehicle as compared to the instructions executed by the vehicle controller, and the control system is responsive to actuation of the interface device to adjust the instructions as a function of the actuation of the interface device in at least some operating conditions.

The invention relates to a pedal unit (7) for controlling a vehicle function, comprising a modularly constructed pedal head (10) which comprises a pad carrier (14) and a replaceable pedal pad (12) detachably connected to the pad carrier (14) for absorbing an actuating force of a driver's foot, a housing cover (17) which is movable with a small stroke along a vertical direction (z) of the pedal unit (7), and a fastening arrangement (20), wherein the movable housing cover (17) has a hat-shaped connecting cap (18) on its end face facing the pedal head (10), and the pad carrier (14) has a receiving opening (16) on its end face facing the movable housing cover (17), the contour of which receiving opening being adapted to the hat-shaped connecting cap (18), wherein the fastening arrangement (20) comprises at least one undercut (19) introduced into the hat-shaped connecting cap (18) and at least one holding element (22) arranged on the pad carrier (14). has,which are designed to form a detachable locking connection between the lining carrier (14) and the movable housing cover (7) in the assembled state, which prevents or at least complicates a movement of the lining carrier (14) in the disassembly direction.

A motor vehicle is described, which comprises: a passenger compartment; a plurality of driving members, which are housed inside the passenger compartment and can be operated by a driver in order to control the trajectory and the speed of the motor vehicle; at least one control member connected to one of the driving members through a drive by wire mode; the motor vehicle is selectively available in a first configuration, wherein the passenger compartment defines a first seat for a driver facing the control member and a second seat for a passenger beside the first seat along an axis; and a second configuration, wherein the passenger compartment only defines a third seat for a driver; the first seat being arranged, in the first configuration, in a first position and the third seat being arranged, in the second configuration, in a second position spaced apart from the first position along the axis; the driving member can be moved along the axis to enable the transformation of the motor vehicle between said first and second configurations.

A throttle pedal calibration method is used to calibrate the corresponding relationship between the throttle pedal and the acceleration driving force and the deceleration braking force in a single-pedal mode. On the basis of linear calibration of the throttle pedal opening, the acceleration driving force and the deceleration braking force, a correction parameter related to the throttle pedal opening change rate is introduced. When the throttle pedal opening change rate is fast, a stronger acceleration driving force or deceleration braking force is provided. The present invention enables the vehicle's dynamic response to better meet the driver's expectations, improves the driving experience, and improves driving safety.

Techniques and architectures for manually controlling a lawn mower while a user is positioned on or within proximity to the lawn mower are discussed herein. For example, the lawn mower can include a control interface having a handle that the user grips with one or more fingers and a control attached to the handle to receive input from one or more other fingers of the user. The control can include a lever or other element with opposing tabs configured to receive input from fingers of the user.

The invention relates to a pedal arrangement (1) for a vehicle, comprising at least one pedal unit (10) for controlling a vehicle function, which comprises a pedal head (12) movable with a small stroke along a vertical direction (z) of the at least one pedal unit (10) for absorbing an actuating force (FB) of a driver's foot, and at least one spring-elastic bending holder (30) which is arranged between the at least one pedal unit (10) and a body (3) of the vehicle and is designed to fix the at least one pedal unit (10) to the body (3) of the vehicle and, when the pedal unit (10) is actuated, to provide an additional stroke (H) along the vertical direction (z) of the pedal unit (10) and thereby change a haptic feedback to the driver's foot.

Provided are a vehicle control method, a multi-purpose vehicle, and a garden work vehicle. The multi-purpose vehicle includes a drive mechanism, a control mechanism, and an auxiliary control mechanism. The auxiliary control mechanism includes: a control state sensing component, configured to determine a control state of a user with respect to the control mechanism; a traveling state sensing component, configured to determine the traveling state of the multi-purpose vehicle, the traveling state including a straight-line traveling state and a non-straight-line traveling state; and a calibration controller component, configured to determine that the multi-purpose vehicle is traveling abnormally in response to a mismatch between the traveling state and the control state. The calibration controller component is further configured to adjust, in response to determining that the multi-purpose vehicle is traveling abnormally, the operating state of the drive mechanism to match the traveling state with the control state.

The utility model discloses a novel accelerator control device. The device comprises a knob mechanism; the first rotating shaft is sleeved on the knob mechanism and is clamped with the knob mechanism; the turntable is arranged on the side wall of the lower end of the first rotating shaft; a shading sheet is arranged on the bottom surface of the turntable; the circuit board is arranged below the turntable, and the lower end of the knob mechanism penetrates through the circuit board, is movably connected with the circuit board and does fixed-axis rotation movement relative to the circuit board; the photoelectric coded disc is arranged on the top surface of the circuit board, is opposite to the anti-dazzling screen and is used for being matched with the anti-dazzling screen to output an electronic signal; and the potentiometer is arranged on the bottom surface of the circuit board, abuts against the lower end of the knob mechanism, rotates synchronously with the knob mechanism and is used for outputting an electronic signal. According to the novel accelerator control device, dual protection can be conducted on the control signal, the accurate and stable accelerator control signal is output, wrong signal output can be effectively avoided, and the working efficiency and the safety coefficient of a vehicle are improved.

The invention relates to a multifunction pedal (10) of a vehicle (1), comprising a pedal lever (12) which is mounted on a holding device (18) so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis (DA) and which has on the upper side two seating regions (14) for the driver's feet, a first seating region (14A) being assigned to a deceleration function and being arranged on a first end region of the pedal lever (12), and a second seating region (14B) being assigned to a second end region of the pedal lever (12). The first seating region (14A) is assigned to an acceleration function and is arranged on a first end region of the pedal lever (12), and the second seating region (14B) is assigned to an acceleration function and is arranged on a second end region of the pedal lever (12) opposite the first end region, the pedal lever (12) being pivotable from a neutral position in a first rotational direction (D1) and the deceleration function being activatable when the first seating region (14A) is actuated by the vehicle base, and the second seating region (14B) being arranged on a second end region of the pedal lever (12) opposite the first end region. When the second seating area (14B) is actuated by the vehicle base, the pedal lever (12) can be pivoted from the neutral position in a second direction of rotation (D2) opposite the first direction of rotation (D1), and the acceleration function can be activated.

An electronic pedal device at operates in a pressure operation manner and thus enables a driver to operate a pedal with a small force. It is possible to greatly change operation force of a pedal pad using an elastic material which is formed to be gradually increased in a spring constant although the operational displacement of the pedal is very small, enabling the driver to easily recognize the operation state of the pedal pad. The pedal device detects operation of the pedal through a dual detecting structure using a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor, further ensuring safety in response that operating the pedal.

An actuation device for a motor vehicle, in particular for specifying a braking and / or acceleration request is disclosed. The actuation device has a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The first housing portion is displaceably mounted on the second housing portion in the longitudinal extension of the second housing portion. The first housing portion has an actuating surface on a top surface facing away from the second housing portion, or a cover having an actuating surface is arranged on a top surface facing away from the second housing portion. The housing portions are each formed at least in sections in a cylindrical shape with a closed casing wall. The actuation device further has a first sliding element and a second sliding element arranged between the housing portions. The first sliding element and the second sliding element each abut axially against at least one of the housing portions. The actuation device further includes at least one spring element, in particular a coil spring, arranged as a return spring, pretensioned axially, in particular coaxially with the housing portions in order to urge the housing portions into an unactuated rest position.

The embodiment of the invention provides a control method, device and equipment of a turbocharger and a readable storage medium. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a running condition corresponding to a vehicle; a surge line corresponding to the turbocharger is determined, wherein the surge line is used for representing the airflow oscillation phenomenon of gas in the axis direction of the gas compressor; and under the condition that the operation condition and the surge line meet the preset relation, the first opening and closing angle of the waste gas bypass valve is adjusted, or the second opening and closing angle corresponding to the vehicle power pedal is adjusted. The purpose that the corresponding operation working condition of the vehicle is far away from the surge line is achieved, then the turbocharger is promoted to be in the normal working state, and the situation that the turbocharger emits high-frequency Hiss noise to bring negative driving experience to a driver is avoided.

A vehicle comprising a body, a seat assembly comprising, in turn, a seat for a driver, and a guide coupled to the body and to the seat assembly so as to constrain the seat assembly relative to the body allowing for a translation movement of the seat assembly along a moving direction, characterized in that the moving direction is lateral relative to a driving direction of the vehicle.

Embodiments of the present application provide a turbocharger control method, device, equipment and readable storage medium. The method comprises: obtaining a running condition corresponding to a vehicle; determining a surge line corresponding to a turbocharger, the surge line being used to represent airflow oscillation phenomenon of gas along the axial direction of the compressor; in the case that the running condition and the surge line meet a preset relationship, adjusting a first opening angle of a waste gate valve, or adjusting a second opening angle of a vehicle power pedal. The purpose of making the running condition of the vehicle away from the surge line is achieved, and then the turbocharger is in a normal working state, avoiding the turbocharger emitting high-frequency Hiss noise to bring negative driving experience to the driver.

The invention relates to a pedal arrangement (1) for a vehicle, comprising a movably mounted pedal plate (3) which can be actuated against a force from a spring element (15) over a small actuation travel, a circuit carrier (7) and at least one sensor arrangement (10) with an inductive sensor (10A) which is designed to detect the actuation of the pedal plate (3) and the actuation travel, wherein the inductive sensor (10A) comprises at least one transmitting structure (12) and at least one receiving structure (16) and at least one electrically conductive coupling element (14) and is designed to couple an electrical voltage to the receiving structure (16) based on an eddy current principle, starting from the transmitting structure (12) and via the electrically conductive coupling element (14).wherein the transmitting structure (12) and the receiving structure (16) are arranged on the circuit carrier (7) and a current distance (A) between the circuit carrier (7) and the electrically conductive coupling element (14) determines a degree of coupling between the transmitting structure (12) and the receiving structure (16), wherein the small actuation path of the pedal plate (3) changes the current distance (A) between the circuit carrier (7) and the electrically conductive coupling element (14) and thus a measurement signal output by the receiving structure (16).

A pedal device mounted on a vehicle includes a housing, a pedal pad, and a reaction force generation mechanism. The housing is mounted on a vehicle body. The pedal pad is provided to be rotatable with respect to the housing. The reaction force generation mechanism is configured to include a plurality of resilient members each having a predetermined leaf spring. The reaction force generation mechanism is arranged in a space on the side opposite to a surface stepped on by a driver in the pedal pad to generate a reaction force against a pedaling force applied to the pedal pad by the driver.

Systems apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for activating or deactivating a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader are provided herein. For example, a system provided herein may include a plurality of switches. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of switches comprises an energy harvesting component and a switch controller. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of switches is configured to transmit a signal in response to being triggered. In some embodiments, the system may include a RFID trigger circuitry. In some embodiments, the RFID trigger circuitry is configured to receive one or more signals from one or more of the plurality of switches. In some embodiments, the RFID trigger circuitry is configured to activate or deactivate a RFID reader based at least in part on the one or more signals received from one or more of the plurality of switches.