Road vehicle equipped with a braking system without front compartment encumbrance
AssigneeFerrari S.P.A.
InventorsThierry Annequin-Digond, Alessandro Calamita
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Abstract
A road vehicle comprising a vehicle body which defines along its length a longitudinal axis of the road vehicle and along its width a transversal axis of the road vehicle; a brake pedal, which is mounted on the vehicle so that it is hinged integral with the vehicle body; a braking unit also mounted integral with the vehicle body; the braking unit being mechanically connected, by means of a motion transmission system, to the brake pedal and configured to actuate the brakes of the road vehicle depending on the motion transmitted by the brake pedal; wherein the braking unit is arranged, in relation to the brake pedal, offset along the transversal axis of the road vehicle.
Claims10
A road vehicle (1) comprising:
- a vehicle body (4) which defines along its length a longitudinal axis (LA) of the road vehicle (1) and along its width a transversal axis (TA) of the road vehicle (1);
- a brake pedal (5), which is mounted on the vehicle (1) so that it is hinged to the vehicle body (4);
- a braking unit (6) mounted integral to the vehicle body (4);
- the braking unit (6) being mechanically connected, by means of a motion transmission system (7), to the brake pedal (5) and configured to actuate braking, depending on the motion transmitted by the brake pedal (5);
- a front compartment (8) configured to accommodate at least one engine, a passenger compartment (3) and a bulkhead (9), the bulkhead (9) separating the passenger compartment (3) and the front compartment (8) from each other;
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- a central tunnel (13), which extends at least partially along the longitudinal axis (LA) of the road vehicle (1);
- wherein the braking unit (6) is arranged within the central tunnel (13), and wherein the braking unit (6) is arranged, in relation to the brake pedal (5), offset along the transversal axis (TA) of the road vehicle (1);
- wherein the braking unit (6) is arranged, in relation to the bulkhead (9), on the side opposite the front compartment (8).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.