Vehicular pedal
AssigneeToyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd.
InventorTakashi Nagamatsu
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Abstract
A vehicle pedal includes a hollow arm including two components with a specified length and a pedal seal. The components each include a recess extending in a longitudinal direction of the corresponding component. The two components are joined with each other with the recesses being opposed to each other. The hollow arm includes a wall that forms an opening at a first end of the hollow arm in a longitudinal direction. The wall includes a straight portion and a corner portion. The straight portion is welded to the pedal seat. The corner portion includes a reinforced portion configured to restrict distortion of the corner portion when a pedal force from a user is applied to the pedal seat.
Claims5
A vehicle pedal, comprising:
- a hollow arm including two components with a specified length;
- and
- a pedal seat, wherein
- the components each include a recess extending in a longitudinal direction of the corresponding component,
- the two components are joined with each other with the recesses being opposed to each other,
- the hollow arm includes a wall that forms an opening at a first end of the hollow arm in a longitudinal direction,
- the pedal seat is arranged at the first end and welded to the wall,
- the wall is an end region of a predetermined area of the hollow arm in the longitudinal direction,
- the wall includes a straight portion arranged at the bottom of the recess and a corner portion arranged at the corner of the bottom of the recess and connected to the straight portion,
- the straight portion is welded to the pedal seat,
- the corner portion includes a reinforced portion configured to restrict distortion of the corner portion when a pedal force from a user is applied to the pedal seat, and
- the reinforced portion includes a bead arranged on the wall to extend across a ridge of the corner portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.