Foot pedal design

The objeetive of this ease study is to determine the optimum depth, d, of the foot pedal seetion as shown in Figure 4.46 using statie probabilistie design methods. We are... 

Many ergonomic ailments occur in the soft tissues of the wrist and forearm, as continuous computer use subjects workers to repetitive motions and sometimes awkward positioning. Computer mouses are ergonomically designed to minimize worker injury, and the no-hands mouse uses foot pedals to navigate. Ergonomically friendly computer keyboards are also available. 

Controls - i.e. levers, buttons, switches, foot pedals, etc. - represent the other half of the man-machine interface. To optimise a design it is necessary to take into account factors such as ... 

A foot pedal bracket using glass fiber reinforced Zytel nylon 66 replaced steel as it exhibits one-third the weight of steel, lower cost, design flexibility, component integration, and noise and vibration abatement. Plastic accelerator and clutch pedals can be used with the nylon foot pedal bracket. ... 

Infinity antilock brake system (lABS), designed quite recently, looks like any other antilock brake system. The pulsing rate of the shoes against the drum, however, is not constant but rather increases in speed as long as your foot is applied to the brake pedal. The system is guaranteed to stop any car in an efficient manner. (When I inquired about the lABS at my Mitshbishi 3000 dealer, I was told that this device was not yet available.)... 

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