Systems and methods for detecting accelerator pedal failure

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9056617
APP PUB NO 20130144481A1
SERIAL NO

13310276

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A system for detecting accelerator pedal failure in an accelerator pedal system including a vehicle control system, the pedal failure detecting system having an accelerator pedal; a pedal arm; a sensor configured to interpret a force applied to the accelerator pedal and further configured to transmit a signal as a sensor output to the vehicle control system, wherein the vehicle control system is configured to correlate the sensor output to an accelerator pedal position, and to indicate a failure condition when it is not feasible the to read the sensor output given the accelerator pedal position. A method for detecting accelerator pedal failure conditions in an accelerator pedal system.

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  • FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

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Boesch, Mathew Alan Plymouth, US 50 915
Kristinsson, Johannes Geir Ann Arbor, US 47 822
Nallapa, Venkatapathi Raju Dearborn, US 37 474
Syed, Fazal Urrahman Canton, US 110 1928

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