Braking power transmitter

Claim 1

A braking power transmitter which provides an output signal value to control a braking pressure in a motor vehicle, said braking power transmitter comprising: (a) a housing, said housing including a generally hollow interior portion; (b) a brake pedal pivotally connected to said housing to exert a pressure when depressed by an operator of such motor vehicle during a brake application, said brake pedal including a rod-like member which is secured to a bottom surface thereof and extends into said generally hollow interior portion of said housing; (c) a steel coil spring positioned in said housing with a first end abuttingly engaging said rod-like member, said rod-like member includes a plate member secured to one end thereof which has a face abuttingly engaging said first end of said steel coil spring, said steel coil spring being compressed when a force is applied to said brake pedal by such operator during such brake application; (d) an electronic force sensing means positioned in axial alignment with said steel coil spring within said generally hollow interior portion of said housing and in abutting engagement with a second end of said steel coil spring for measuring a force being exerted on said steel coil spring by said rod-like member secured to said brake pedal and for transmitting an output signal value having an approximately linear characteristic that is representative of said force measured by said electronic sensing means; and (e) an electronic system, connected to receive said approximately linear output signal value from said electronic force sensing means, said electronic system transforms said output signal value having said approximately linear characteristic into a progressivity or non-linear characteristic and transmits an output signal value in which said progressivity characteristic for a force applied to said brake pedal over a distance traveled by said brake pedal is less than that of a braking pressure over said distance traveled by said brake pedal.