Patent attributes
A pedal assembly for use in association with a vehicle includes a pedal support adapted for mounting to the vehicle. The pedal support includes a pivot shaft extending along a pivot axis and having an outer bearing surface. A pedal arm is rotatably engaged to the pivot shaft to allow pivotal movement of the pedal arm about the pivot axis. A clamp arm is pivotally coupled to the pedal arm and has a compression surface. A biasing member is engaged between the pedal support and the clamp arm and is arranged to apply a biasing force to the clamp arm to pivot the clamp arm relative to the pedal arm and toward the pivot shaft. Application of an activation force onto the pedal arm pivots the pedal arm about the pivot axis, which in turn increases the biasing force applied to the clamp arm by the biasing member to correspondingly increase frictional engagement between the compression surface of the clamp arm and the bearing surface of the pivot shaft to provide increased resistance to further pivotal movement of the pedal arm.
