Foldable pedal apparatus for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorEun Sik Kim
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A foldable pedal apparatus for a vehicle, turns into a pop-up state in which a pedal pad protrudes to the interior of the vehicle to be exposed toward a driver in the manual driving mode in which the driver is actively engaged in driving and a hide state in which the pedal pad is pushed behind a center fascia panel so that exposure toward the driver is blocked in the autonomous driving mode in which the driver is not actively engaged in driving, wherein a pressure-operated or liner motion signal generating portion generates a signal relating to a pedal function during manipulation of the pedal pad.
Claims19
A foldable pedal apparatus for a vehicle, the foldable pedal apparatus comprising:
- a pedal arm rotatably provided in a footrest panel;
- a pedal assembly provided in the pedal arm and operated in response to manipulation of a driver;
- and
- a signal generating portion provided in the pedal assembly to generate a signal relating to a pedal function during operation of the pedal assembly,
- wherein the foldable pedal apparatus turns into a hide state in which the pedal assembly is not manipulable by the driver when the pedal assembly is covered by a center fascia panel by rotation of the pedal arm and turns into a pop-up state in which the pedal assembly is manipulable by the driver when the pedal assembly is exposed from the center fascia panel by rotation of the pedal arm,
- wherein the center fascia panel is rearwardly spaced from the footrest panel with a predetermined gap,
- wherein a support lever is provided to protrude toward the footrest panel and be elastically rotatable via a lever spring elastically supporting the support lever in the center fascia panel, and
- wherein the foldable pedal apparatus turns into the hide state in which the pedal assembly is not manipulable by the driver when the pedal arm rotates upward to be supported by the support lever.
A foldable pedal apparatus for a vehicle, the foldable pedal apparatus comprising:
- a pedal arm rotatably provided in a footrest panel;
- a pedal assembly provided in the pedal arm and operated in response to manipulation of a driver;
- a signal generating portion provided in the pedal assembly to generate a signal relating to a pedal function during operation of the pedal assembly;
- and
- a motor fixed to the footrest panel and coupled to the pedal arm to rotate the pedal arm during operation of the motor,
- wherein the foldable pedal apparatus turns into a hide state in which the pedal assembly is not manipulable by the driver when the pedal assembly is covered by a center fascia panel by rotation of the pedal arm and turns into a pop-up state in which the pedal assembly is manipulable by the driver when the pedal assembly is exposed from the center fascia panel by rotation of the pedal arm, and
- wherein the pedal arm includes:
- a rotation portion connected to the motor at an upper end thereof;
- a support portion bending from the rotation portion to contact, and be supported, by a floor of the footrest panel when the pedal assembly is in the pop-up state;
- and
- a pair of shaft portions which respectively protrude in a first direction and in a second direction from a connecting point between the rotation portion and the support portion and to which the pedal assembly is operably coupled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.