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US 11,643,056 B2Granted
Driving assistance apparatus
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsYutaka Sakuragi, Masaaki Aoki, Keiichi Yamasaki, Katsuhisa Maedo, Shigeru Takenaka, Kenichi Nakamoto
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Abstract
A driving assistance apparatus that includes a brake operation portion that applies a brake to a vehicle, the brake operation portion allowing a manual brake operation by a hand of a driver of the vehicle, the brake operation portion including a brake operation body and a grip portion to be gripped by the hand of the driver, the grip portion being provided at an upper end of the brake operation body, and a shift-down switch that shifts-down the vehicle is provided on the grip portion, the shift-down switch allowing a manual shift-down operation by the hand of the driver.
Claims14
A driving assistance apparatus, comprising:
- a brake operation portion configured to apply a brake to a vehicle, the brake operation portion allowing a manual brake operation by a hand of a driver of the vehicle, wherein
- the brake operation portion includes a brake operation body and a grip portion configured to be gripped by the hand of the driver, the grip portion being provided at an upper end of the brake operation body,
- a shift-down switch configured to shift-down the vehicle is provided on the grip portion, the shift-down switch allowing a manual shift-down operation by the hand of the driver, and
- the driving assistance apparatus further comprises
- a brake lock switch configured to lock and hold a brake state of the vehicle, the brake lock switch being provided on the grip portion,
- a hazard switch configured to blink a hazard lamp of the vehicle, the hazard switch being provided on the grip portion, and
- a projection provided between the brake lock switch and the hazard switch.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a brake system configured to apply a brake to the vehicle;
- a steering wheel to control steering of the vehicle;
- and
- a brake operation portion configured to control the brake system, the brake operation portion allowing a manual brake operation by a hand of a driver of the vehicle, wherein
- the brake operation portion includes a brake operation body and a grip portion configured to be gripped by the hand of the driver, the grip portion being provided at an upper end of the brake operation body,
- a shift-down switch configured to shift-down the vehicle is provided on the grip portion, the shift-down switch allowing a manual shift-down operation by the hand of the driver, and
- the vehicle further comprises
- a brake lock switch configured to lock and hold a brake state of the vehicle, the brake lock switch being provided on the grip portion,
- a hazard switch configured to blink a hazard lamp of the vehicle, the hazard switch being provided on the grip portion, and
- a projection provided between the brake lock switch and the hazard switch.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a brake system configured to apply a brake to the vehicle;
- a steering wheel to control steering of the vehicle;
- and
- a brake operation portion configured to control the brake system, the brake operation portion allowing a manual brake operation by a hand of a driver of the vehicle, wherein
- the brake operation portion includes a brake operation body and a grip portion configured to be gripped by the hand of the driver, the grip portion being provided at an upper end of the brake operation body,
- a shift-down switch configured to shift-down the vehicle is provided on the grip portion, the shift-down switch allowing a manual shift-down operation by the hand of the driver,
- shift-up switch configured to shift-up the vehicle is provided on the grip portion, the shift-up switch allowing a manual shift-up operation by the hand of the driver,
- the steering wheel comprises a paddle shift switch including a second shift-down switch configured to shift-down the vehicle and a second shift-up switch configured to shift-up the vehicle,
- the second shift-up switch is located on one side with respect to a central axis of the steering wheel and the second shift-down switch is located on the other side with respect to the central axis, the one side being closer to one side of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction, and the other side being closer to the other side of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction,
- the shift-up switch of the brake operation portion is provided on the grip portion closer to the one side of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction than the shift-down switch of the brake operation portion, and
- the shift-down switch of the brake operation portion is provided on the grip portion closer to the other side of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction than the shift-up switch of the brake operation portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.