Vehicle accelerator pedal device
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinichi Yone
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Abstract
An accelerator pedal device includes a pedal reaction force providing device for providing a reaction force to an accelerator pedal according to an amount of depression of the accelerator pedal operated by a driver. The reaction force to be provided from the pedal reaction force providing device to the pedal is controlled based on the depression amount of the accelerator pedal. This reaction force control allows precise agreement between throttle opening timing and pedal reaction force timing to produce a predetermined pedal reaction force at a desired degree of throttle opening.
Claims7
An accelerator pedal device for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- a pedal depression amount detecting means for detecting an amount of depression of an accelerator pedal operated by a driver;
- a throttle controlling means for controlling the throttle opening based on a signal of said depression amount detected by said pedal depression amount detecting means;
- and
- a pedal reaction force providing means for providing said accelerator pedal with a reaction force in accordance with said depression amount of said accelerator pedal;
- wherein,
- said reaction force of said pedal reaction force providing means is controlled based on said signal of said depression amount detected by said pedal depression amount detecting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.