Foldable pedal apparatus for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorEun Sik Kim
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a foldable pedal apparatus for a vehicle, and is configured so that in an autonomous traveling situation, an accelerator pedal apparatus and a brake pedal apparatus are slid and moved to the left and the right of a dash panel and hidden, respectively, and therefore, in hidden states of being inoperable by a driver, and in a manual driving mode, the accelerator pedal apparatus and the brake pedal apparatus are slid and moved to be gathered to the center of the dash panel and exposed, respectively, and therefore, in popped-up states of being operable by the driver.
Claims16
A foldable pedal apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
- an accelerator pedal apparatus and a brake pedal apparatus;
- and
- a linear motor including:
- a stator coupled to a vertical part of a dash panel, the stator extending horizontally and serving as a guide for guiding movement;
- and
- an accelerator pedal mover and a brake pedal mover coupled to the stator and horizontally movable along the stator when a current is applied to the stator,
- wherein the accelerator pedal apparatus and the brake pedal apparatus are coupled to and horizontally movable with the accelerator and brake pedal movers, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.