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US 2003/0075005 A1Published application
Crash-safe pedals in a vehicle
OwnerLothar Schiel, Stefan A. Drumminventors
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The present invention relates to a pedal assembly for automotive vehicles. The aim of the invention is to prevent the pedal lever (4) from hitting the leg (13) of the driver when a crash occurs, due to displacement of the actuating rod (11) of the brake booster (9). This object is achieved by preventing the pedal lever (4) from rotating in opposition to the direction of actuation. Several measures are proposed to this end. One of said measures consists in exclusively allowing forces to the transmitted in one direction of actuation, which may be effected with the aid of a tie rod (14) that is unable to transmit any pressure forces. Another suggestion aims at mounting the pedal lever on a separately arranged transverse bar (21) rather than on the splashboard (5) as before.
Crash-safe pedal assembly in a vehicle for the actuation of an actuating rod (11), in particular for a control unit (7) comprising a master cylinder (8) and/or a brake booster (9) in a brake system, characterized in that a lever system is so arranged between the pedal lever (4) of the pedal assembly and the actuating rod (11) that the force exerted by the pedal lever (4) on the actuating rod (11) is transmitted by way of a tie rod (14).
Pedal assembly as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the pedal lever (4) is designed as a turning. lever,, with the pivot bearing being supported by a transverse bar (21) that is preferably mounted between the A-columns (25) of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.