Accelerator device
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsTetsuo Hariu, Kiyoshi Kimura, Takehiro Saitoh, Takuto Kita, Hideyuki Mori, Souichi Kinouchi, Yuusuke Yoshida
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Abstract
An accelerator device includes a pedal lever, at least one drive source, a power transmission mechanism, and a locking mechanism. The pedal lever operates in response to a depressing operation. The drive source is configured to exert a reaction force as a force in a returning direction to the pedal lever. The power transmission mechanism transmits a drive force from the drive source to the pedal lever. The locking mechanism is capable of regulating the operation of the pedal lever.
Claims17
An accelerator device comprising:
- a pedal lever configured to operate in response to a depressing operation;
- at least one drive source configured to exert a reaction force to the pedal lever in a returning direction;
- a power transmission mechanism configured to transmit a drive force from the drive source to the pedal lever;
- and
- a locking mechanism configured to regulate an operation of the pedal lever, wherein
- the power transmission mechanism is configured to transmit the drive force from the drive source to the pedal lever by using a rigid member,
- the rigid member is a cam configured to be driven by the ve source to able to come into contact with the pedal lever,
- the accelerator device further comprises a gear provided between the drive source and the cam,
- a locking engagement portion projects on a radially outside of the gear,
- the locking mechanism includes a lock pin and a lock pin biasing member,
- the lock pin is biased by the lock pin biasing member to be projected in an axial direction of the gear, and
- when the locking engagement portion climbs over the lock pin, the pedal lever is locked.
An accelerator device comprising:
- a pedal lever configured to operate in response to a depressing operation;
- at least one drive source configured to exert a reaction force to the pedal lever in a returning direction;
- a power transmission mechanism configured to transmit a drive force from the drive source to the pedal lever;
- and
- a locking mechanism configured to regulate an operation of the pedal lever, wherein
- the power transmission mechanism is configured to transmit the drive force from the drive source to the pedal lever by using a rigid member,
- the rigid member is a cam configured to be driven by the drive source to enable to come into contact with the pedal lever,
- the accelerator device includes a deceleration mechanism including a drive-source-side gear and a cam-side gear, and
- an inter-gear biasing member is provided between the drive-source-side gear and the cam-side gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.