Accelerator pedal assembly for a vehicle
AssigneeVolvo Car Corporation
InventorsMarcel Kapocs, Mickael Larsen
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, it is an apparatus comprising a first bracket portion comprising a deformation element and a protruding surface, wherein the protruding surface is configured to support an accelerator pedal, wherein the deformation element is arranged in a deformation zone on the protruding surface, wherein the deformation element is configured to be deformed during a crash and lifting the accelerator pedal up by a predefined height away from the floor of a vehicle, and wherein the apparatus is an accelerator pedal bracket assembly for the vehicle for protecting a driver during the crash.
Claims17
An apparatus comprising:
- a first bracket portion comprising a deformation element and a protruding surface, and a base;
- wherein the protruding surface is configured to support an accelerator pedal;
- wherein the deformation element is arranged in a deformation zone on the protruding surface;
- wherein the deformation element is configured to be deformed during a crash and lifting the accelerator pedal up by a predefined height away from a floor panel of a vehicle;
- and
- wherein the apparatus is an accelerator pedal bracket assembly for the vehicle for protecting a driver during the crash;
- and
- wherein the base comprises,
- at least one through hole, wherein the at least one through hole is configured to secure the accelerator pedal to the floor panel of the vehicle by means of at least one fixing element;
- and
- at least one retention element, wherein the at least one retention element is arranged at the at least one through hole.
A system, comprising:
- an accelerator pedal, and
- an accelerator pedal bracket assembly;
- wherein the accelerator pedal bracket assembly comprising a deformation element and is configured to secure the accelerator pedal to a floor panel of a vehicle;
- and
- wherein the deformation element is configured to be deformed during a crash, and provide at least one of a translational degree of freedom and a rotational degree of freedom to the accelerator pedal bracket assembly;
- and
- wherein the system is an accelerating pedal assembly for the vehicle configured for protecting a driver during the crash;
- and
- wherein the translational degree of freedom is where the deformation element is configured for lifting the accelerator pedal up by a predefined height away from the floor panel of the vehicle;
- and wherein the rotational degree of freedom is where the deformation element is configured for twisting a first bracket portion of the accelerator pedal bracket assembly during the crash away from a brake pedal.
A method comprising:
- providing an accelerator pedal bracket assembly comprising a first bracket portion comprising a deformation element and a protruding surface;
- supporting an accelerator pedal by the protruding surface;
- arranging the deformation element in a deformation zone on the protruding surface such that the deformation element deforms during a crash, and provide at least one of a translational degree of freedom and a rotational degree of freedom to the accelerator pedal bracket assembly;
- and
- wherein the method is configured for protecting a driver during the crash of a vehicle;
- and
- wherein the translational degree of freedom is where the deformation element is configured for lifting the accelerator pedal up by a predefined height away from a floor panel of the vehicle;
- and wherein the rotational degree of freedom is where the deformation element is configured for twisting the first bracket portion during the crash away from a brake pedal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.