Foldable pedal apparatus for vehicle with hysteresis module
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsEun Sik Kim, Ji Soo Kim, Hyeon Uk Kim
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Abstract
A foldable pedal apparatus of a vehicle with a hysteresis module, may include a pedal pad is in a popped-up state of protruding from a pedal housing to be exposed toward a driver, in a manual driving mode in which the driver directly drives the vehicle; the pedal pad is in a hidden state of being inserted into the pedal housing and blocked from being exposed to the driver, in the autonomous driving mode in which the driver does not directly drive the vehicle; and hysteresis may be implemented by a hysteresis module when the pedal pad is operated.
Claims20
A foldable pedal apparatus for a vehicle with a hysteresis module, the foldable pedal apparatus comprising:
- a pedal housing fixed in a predetermined place of the vehicle below a driver's seat;
- a pedal pad pivotably coupled to the pedal housing and configured to be operated by the driver;
- the hysteresis module pivotably provided in the pedal housing, connected to the pedal pad, and configured for generating hysteresis when the pedal pad is operated by the driver;
- a motor fixed in the pedal housing;
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- a support member mounted to be in contact with the pedal housing and the hysteresis module, and connected to the motor to perform an advance movement or a retreat movement by power of the motor,
- wherein the pedal pad is changed to a hidden state of being inserted into and hidden in the pedal housing or to a popped-up state of protruding from the pedal housing as the hysteresis module is pivoted by the advance movement or the retreat movement of the support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.