EP0770235B1 - Dispositif de double commande agissant a la demande sur le freinage et/ou sur l'embrayage et/ou sur l'accelerateur d'un vehicule ecole - Google Patents

Dispositif de double commande agissant a la demande sur le freinage et/ou sur l'embrayage et/ou sur l'accelerateur d'un vehicule ecole Download PDF

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EP0770235B1
EP0770235B1 EP95925883A EP95925883A EP0770235B1 EP 0770235 B1 EP0770235 B1 EP 0770235B1 EP 95925883 A EP95925883 A EP 95925883A EP 95925883 A EP95925883 A EP 95925883A EP 0770235 B1 EP0770235 B1 EP 0770235B1
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Henri Bonnard
Francisco Rivas
Michel Santalucia
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05G—CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY
    • G05G1/00—Controlling members, e.g. knobs or handles; Assemblies or arrangements thereof; Indicating position of controlling members
    • G05G1/30—Controlling members actuated by foot
    • G05G1/34—Double foot controls, e.g. for instruction vehicles
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
    • Y10T74/20—Control lever and linkage systems
    • Y10T74/20012—Multiple controlled elements
    • Y10T74/20018—Transmission control
    • Y10T74/2003—Electrical actuator
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
    • Y10T74/20—Control lever and linkage systems
    • Y10T74/20012—Multiple controlled elements
    • Y10T74/20018—Transmission control
    • Y10T74/20049—Transmission controlled by flexible cable
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
    • Y10T74/20—Control lever and linkage systems
    • Y10T74/20576—Elements
    • Y10T74/20888—Pedals
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  • the present invention relates to a dual control device for vehicles schools, of the kind described in DE-A- 0 819 047.
  • the present invention provides a device which provides a solution to the drawbacks above cited.
  • the present invention presents a device which has the advantage of being assembled, disassembled and reassembled at will, even on model vehicles and different brand.
  • the dual control device, object of the present invention acting on demand on braking and / or on the clutch and / or on the accelerator of a vehicle school, is essentially characterized in that it comprises at least one mechanical sensor that is to say a sensor actuable by mechanical stress, providing a signal electrical representative of action or solicitation of a user's feet, such as the monitor, an electrical control circuit, receiving by an electrical link the said signal representative of this action and at least one electric motor member, electrically connected to the electrical control circuit and activated by said circuit when the latter receives the signal representative of the foot action applied by the user to the sensor, said electric motor member comprising a mechanical output element, integral with the end of a flexible mechanical actuating element, fixed by its other end the brake pedal or the clutch pedal or the accelerator pedal, said member output applying an axial force on the flexible actuating element when the member motor is activated, the axial force exerted on the flexible element being applied by this same element on the pedal which activates the latter towards the floor of the vehicle.
  • a simple electrical control device having some Characteristics of the present invention is set out in WO-A-92 05 482.
  • the dual control device is intended in particular to equip a vehicle learning to drive a car to effectively double brake, clutch, and acceleration controls.
  • the invention according to another of its aspects provides three mechanical sensors intended respectively for activation vehicle braking, clutch and acceleration functions, electrically connected to the electrical control circuit and providing representative signals actions of a user's feet, to said electrical control circuit, which is connected electrically to three electric motors, which are activated by said control circuit respectively from the action on the three sensors, the three motor parts being mechanically associated via three elements actuation hoses, respectively to the three pedals of the vehicle, which are each actuated towards the vehicle floor by the associated flexible element when the corresponding motor member is activated by the electrical control circuit.
  • the flexible actuating elements may each be constituted by a cable slidably mounted in a flexible steel spiral sheath.
  • Such an element flexible is known as BOWDEN cable.
  • the cable of this flexible element will for example be fixed by one of its ends to the corresponding pedal and the latter will be actuated by this cable in traction towards the floor of the vehicle.
  • each of the flexible actuating elements is associated with a sheath stop box pivotally mounted on a mounting base to the vehicle floor and this opposite and in front of the corresponding pedal so as to follow the movement of the latter and allow the cable to self-orient according to the direction of the traction force on the pedal which minimizes its wear.
  • the cable by its free end, is fixed to the floor of the vehicle, behind the corresponding pedal, and the latter is equipped a sheath stop ring crossed by the cable, in which the end of the sheath.
  • the flexible actuating element between the member actuation motor and the corresponding pedal, is arranged along a path having at least one curve.
  • the driving school instructor has, for control the three pedals, a narrow strip with three buffers respectively mechanically associated with the three sensors which are fixed to this strip.
  • the pedal depressing setpoint is directly proportional to the pressure exercised by the monitor's foot on the pad corresponding to the original pedal which also retains its original function.
  • the amplitude or intensity of the electrical signal delivered by each mechanical sensor is representative of the value of the pressure exerted by the monitor foot.
  • the element output of each electric motor member is moved by its motor when this last is activated, and the value of its displacement is correlated with the value of the amplitude or intensity of the electrical signal, delivered by the mechanical sensor.
  • the mechanical or foot movement sensors linked to the device object of the present invention are therefore pressure sensors, penetration sensors or position sensors.
  • each sensor is actuated by a pedal, which is specific to it, mounted in a hinge in a removable support, in the form of a housing for example, mounted on the vehicle floor on the passenger side before.
  • the purpose of this box with pedals is to replace the aforementioned headband.
  • each pedal of the housing will be mounted on a hinge pin supported by a yoke attached to said housing.
  • there will be a stopper intended to materialize the end of stroke.
  • the stop associated with the pedal corresponding to the vehicle brake pedal is elastically deformable and delivers a reaction force to the pedal simulating the force exerted by the circuit brake on the driver's brake pedal when the driver is trying to block the wheels.
  • the sensor associated with the pedal will deliver in this situation an intensity signal or of maximum or almost maximum amplitude, so that the actuation motor, by through the associated flexible element, push the pedal towards the floor, at maximum travel of the latter.
  • a pivoting locking means activatable by the monitor, in order to prohibit, when necessary, the operation of this pedal to the floor.
  • a pivoting locking means activatable by the monitor, in order to prohibit, when necessary, the operation of this pedal to the floor.
  • each electric motor member is a gear motor.
  • Each gear motor comprises a winch on which the cable of the flexible element of the associated pedal, this winch constituting the output element of the electric motor member.
  • a potentiometer is associated to identify the position angularity of the winch and, consequently, the degree of depression of the pedal.
  • FIG. 1 a control panel 1 comprising three sensors 2, 3 and 4 and supported by a support 5 connected to the floor of the vehicle 6 or directly fixed to this floor, electrical connecting conductors 7, a motor housing 8 electrically connected to a power supply 9 by electrical conductors supply and to the sensors 2, 3, 4 by the electrical conductors 7. Furthermore, the motor housing 8, comprising the electric motor members 22, 23, 24 is mechanically connected with three flexible mechanical elements 10, 11 and 12 made up, for example each by a "BOWDEN" cable. These "BOWDEN" cables are each made up by a steel cable slidably mounted in a guide sheath. Element 10 is constituted by a cable 101 and a sheath 102.
  • the element 11 is constituted by a cable 111 and a sheath 112 and the element 12 is constituted by a cable 121 and a sheath 122.
  • These elements 10, 11, 12 are respectively engaged in three sheath stop boxes 13, 14 and 15 and connected respectively to three driving pedals 16, 17 and 18. More specifically, the mechanical elements of the output of the electric motor members receive in fixation respectively the three cables 101, 111, 121 of the flexible actuating elements 10, 11, 12. To actuate the pedals, the mechanical output elements of the drive members electric act in traction on the cables of the flexible actuating elements.
  • the control strip 1 is, for the driving school instructor, the equivalent of driving pedals 16, 17 and 18 for the student. Sinking or pressure sensors 2, 3 and 4 correspond respectively to the three driving pedals 16, 17 and 18.
  • the strip 1 thus serves to control the vehicle 6 parallel to the action of the student.
  • the lateral distance between sensors 2, 3 and 4 is appreciably equal to that separating the pedals 16, 17 and 18.
  • the control panel 1 is only used rigid support to sensors 2, 3 and 4 and is itself supported, for example, by a support 5 which moves it away from the vehicle floor 6, in the most appropriate position for comfort of the instructor.
  • Sensors 2, 3 and 4 are each capable of transmitting an electrical signal in function of the action of the foot on their surface. These sensors can, for example, be motion sensors, for example based on potentiometers, force sensors, pressure sensors, penetration sensors or position sensors. They are of known type. These sensors are protected by a plastic or elastic pad or rubber. Sensors 2, 3 and 4 are each capable of emitting a signal electric representative of the movement, position or force exerted by the foot of the monitor on their surface.
  • the electrical connecting conductors 7 electrically connect the sensors 2, 3 and 4 to the motor unit 8 and transmit the signals leaving the sensors 2, 3 and 4.
  • the motor housing 8 is presented in FIG. 4. It comprises three geared motors controlled according to signals from sensors 2, 3 and 4 and controlling the position driving pedals 16, 17 and 18. It therefore receives the electrical conductors as input 7 and the power supply and controls, at the output, the position of three cables 101, 111, 121 of the flexible elements 10, 11 and 12.
  • the power supply 9 is preferably constituted by the storage battery of the vehicle 6.
  • the three flexible mechanical actuating elements 10, 11, and 12 engage respectively in three sheath stop boxes 13, 14 and 15.
  • the three stop stop boxes sheath 13, 14 and 15 are located respectively in front of the pedals 16, 17 and 18 and are fixed on the vehicle floor 6.
  • Each sheath stop box receives motor box 8, one of the elements 10, 11 or 12 comprising the outer sheath and the central cable and it spring only the central cable which is mechanically linked to the underside of the corresponding pedal. In this way, a traction exerted on the central cable by one of the geared motors causes one of the pipe pedals 16, 17 to depress or 18.
  • the driving pedals 16, 17 and 18 are those of the original vehicle.
  • Each sheath stop box is pivotally mounted about an axis 20 on a base 13A for fixing to the floor 19 of the vehicle, facing and in front of the pedal corresponding.
  • the sheath stop box has an internal channel 13B extending from a cable entry hole and its sheath to a cable exit hole which orifice is made in the front face of said housing, that is to say, that arranged next to the pedal.
  • the cable and its sheath and the latter is blocked by its end in said channel, against a shoulder of the latter, for example.
  • the opening for introducing the cable and its sheath is made in one of the side faces of the housing this face being perpendicular to the pivot axis.
  • the internal channel 13B of the housing 13 develops along an arc of circumference of relatively large radius.
  • the pivot axis 20 of the housing 13 is parallel to the pivot axis of the corresponding pedal and the geometric center of the outlet orifice belongs to the geometric plane in which the cable attachment evolves the pedal.
  • the housing when the pedal is stressed in traction, can freely rotate and the cable orient itself according to the direction of the traction force on the pedal, which limits wear by friction on the edge of the outlet orifice.
  • the cable this arrangement will not be subjected to shearing forces at the orifice of exit.
  • the cable of the flexible actuating element acts in traction on the corresponding pedal.
  • the cable of the flexible actuating element by its free end, is fixed to the vehicle floor, behind the corresponding pedal, and the latter receives fixing a ring 38 sheath stop crossed by the cable, in which is blocked the end of the sheath of the flexible element.
  • the flexible actuating element between the organ actuation motor and the corresponding pedal, is arranged along a path having at least one curve and the said element is mounted in the vehicle so as to be able to move around freely. So when the corresponding electric motor member acts in traction on the cable, the curve formed by the flexible element can be reduced, this which forces the sheath to push on the pedal.
  • the driving school instructor has a strip 1 to control the three pedals narrow width with three buffers.
  • the pedal depressing instruction is directly proportional to the pressure exerted by the monitor's foot on the pad corresponding to the original pedal.
  • the sensor 2 is functionally associated with the driving pedal 16 with the element flexible actuator 10.
  • the sensor 3 is functionally associated with the foot pedal line 17 and the flexible actuating element 11.
  • the sensor 4 is functionally associated to the driving pedal 18 and to the flexible actuating element 12.
  • the flexible actuating elements 10, 11 and 12 are associated mechanically respectively to the three sheath stop boxes 13, 14, 15.
  • FIG. 2 In Figure 2 are shown a sheath stop housing 13 having an axis pivot 20, a flexible actuating element 10, the floor 19 of the vehicle 6 and a driving pedal 16 connected to an axis of rotation 21. It is understood that the tension of the cable of the flexible actuating element 10 causes the descent of the driving pedal 16 towards the pivot axis 20.
  • FIG. 3 represents a top view of the same elements as Figure 2 and therefore does not require further explanation.
  • the motor housing 8 comprises three electric motor members 22, 23, and 24, three position sensors 34, 35 and 36 and an electrical circuit 37 connected to all the elements the device according to the invention.
  • Each electric motor member is made up for example by a gear motor and has a mechanical output element to which is fixed one of the three mechanical traction cables 101, 111, 121.
  • Each gear motor includes an electric motor of the type having an output shaft rotary on which a mechanical torque is available and a reduction gear coupled by flange or other means of coupling to the output shaft of the electric motor, said reducer being provided with an output shaft coupled to the mechanical element output element engine.
  • the respective output shafts 22A, 23A, and 24A of the reducers are coupled respectively to the output elements 25, 26 and 27 of the three drive members, said output elements each consisting of a winch.
  • On the three winches roll up the cables 101, 111, 121 respectively of the flexible actuating elements 10, 11 and 12 and therefore cause the descents of the driving pedals 16, 17, and 18 respectively.
  • Each gearbox consists for example of two pinions of primitive diameters different, meshing with each other, one of which is wedged on the output shaft of the corresponding motor and the other on the corresponding output shaft 22A or 23A or 24A, the larger diameter pinion being wedged on this latter shaft.
  • the reducer consisting of the pinions 28 and 29 is coupled to the shaft 22A of the member motor 22 and provides a motor torque to the winch 25 while the reducer constituted pinions 30 and 31 is coupled to the output shaft 23A and cooperates in coupling with the winch 26.
  • the reducer consisting of the pinions 32 and 33 is coupled to the shaft 24A and cooperates in coupling with the winch 27.
  • the three position sensors 34, 35 and 36 are mechanically connected to the shafts of the driving organs, to the pinions of the reducers or to the winches They are apt to possess a variable electrical response depending on their mechanical position. They are, by example, consisting of potentiometers having a variable resistance depending on this position or driving pedals.
  • the electric circuit 37 controls the position of the driving pedal 16 as a function of the signal from sensor 2, by performing a position check on the through potentiometer 34. Similarly, the electrical circuit 37 controls the position of the pedal line 17 as a function of the signal from the sensor 3, by performing a position check via potentiometer 35. Finally, the electrical circuit 37 controls the position of the driving pedal 18 according to the signal from the sensor 4, by performing a position check using potentiometer 36.
  • the electronic diagram of the electrical circuit 37 is known to those skilled in the art in the field of position control.
  • the sensors 2, 3, 4 are no longer carried by a strip but mounted as a fixing in a housing 39 removably fixed on the passenger side floor and open towards the passenger seat.
  • a housing 39 removably fixed on the passenger side floor and open towards the passenger seat.
  • Each pedal 40 is fixedly mounted on a hinge pin 41 rotatably mounted in a yoke 42 attached to the housing 39.
  • the sensor 2 or 3 or 4 associated with the corresponding pedal 40 will be type of those comprising a rotary axis and delivering a signal of intensity or amplitude representative of the angular position of the axis relative to an original position.
  • This sensor will be coupled to the hinge pin 41 to deliver representative information the angular position of the associated pedal.
  • Each pedal 40 can be moved towards the vehicle floor under the effect of the pushing force exerted by the foot of the monitor.
  • a rap spring is provided pel (not shown) tensioned between the housing and the pedal.
  • the three pedals 40 respectively correspond to the accelerator pedal 18, the brake pedal 17 and the clutch pedal 16 and are respectively associated to sensors 4, 3 and 2.
  • a stop intended to materialize the end of travel of this pedal.
  • Stop 42 associated with the pedal of the housing corresponding to the brake pedal 17 is presented under the shape of a frustoconical pad and deforms elastically under the effect of the action of the corresponding pedal 40.
  • this stop 42 applies a reaction force simulating that exerted by the hydraulic circuit on the pedal 40 braking on pedal 17 when the latter is pushed back by the driver at the maximum of its stroke.
  • Each of the pedals 16, 17, 18 may be associated with a pivoting locking means, activatable by the instructor, in order to prohibit the student from maneuvering this pedal when necessary.
  • This means may consist of an element actuating hose 43 fixed on the one hand to the corresponding pedal, 16 or 17 or 18 and on the other hand to an electric motor actuating member 44 which when activated acts in traction on the flexible element to hold the corresponding pedal by traction on the latter via the said element, in the most distant position from the floor and prohibit its operation towards the latter.
  • the organ activation signal electric motor will be delivered by a sensor 45 mounted in attachment against the underside 46A of the operating buffer 46 of the pedal 40. This sensor 45 will deliver the signal when activated by the monitor's foot.

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EP95925883A 1994-07-13 1995-07-13 Dispositif de double commande agissant a la demande sur le freinage et/ou sur l'embrayage et/ou sur l'accelerateur d'un vehicule ecole Expired - Lifetime EP0770235B1 (fr)

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