US 2004/0055409 A1Published application

Automobile pedal supporting structure

AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation

InventorsHideto Yamada, Yasunori Sasaki, Kiyonobu Takahashi, Akira Nakayama

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Abstract

The automobile pedal supporting structure includes a first bracket 5, the front end of the first bracket 5 being fixed on a dash panel 1, and the rear end of the first bracket 5 being fixed on a vehicle-side member 8 which is more rigid than the dash panel 1 so that the first bracket 5 can be removed from the vehicle-side member 8, and a second bracket 6, the front-end lower part of the second bracket 6 being pivotally attached to the first bracket 5 so that the second bracket 6 can swing, the rear-end upper part of the second bracket 6 being fixed on the vehicle-side member 8 so that the second bracket 6 can be removed from the vehicle-side member 8, and an operation pedal 4 being pivotally attached to the second bracket 6 so that the operation pedal 4 can swing, in which the first bracket 5 and the second bracket 6 are placed to substantially overlap each other, the rear-end upper part of the second bracket 6 are fixed together with the first bracket 5 on the vehicle-side member 8, and a turn promoting member 12 is provided, which is connected from the vehicle-side member 8 through the rear-end outside of the first bracket 5 to the upper part of the second bracket 6 and promotes a turn of the second bracket 6 toward the vehicle-lower side by a backward movement of the first bracket 5 toward the vehicle-rear side.

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Dependent claims

An automobile pedal supporting structure for an operation pedal disposed behind a dash panel of an automobile, comprising:

a first bracket, the front end of the first bracket being fixed on the dash panel, and the rear end of the first bracket being fixed on a vehicle-side member which is more rigid than the dash panel so that the first bracket can be removed from the vehicle-side member by a crash load on the front side of the automobile;
and
a second bracket, the front-end lower part of the second bracket being pivotally attached to the first bracket so that the second bracket can swing, the rear-end upper part of the second bracket being fixed on the vehicle-side member so that the second bracket can be removed from the vehicle-side member by a crash load on the front side of the automobile, and the operation pedal being pivotally attached to the second bracket so that the operation pedal can swing, wherein the first bracket and the second bracket are placed to substantially overlap each other;
the rear end of the first bracket and the rear-end upper part of the second bracket are fixed together on the vehicle-side member;
and
a turn promoting member is provided, which is connected from the vehicle-side member through the rear-end outside of the first bracket to the upper part of the second bracket and promotes a turn of the second bracket toward the vehicle-lower side by using a backward movement of the first bracket toward the vehicle-rear side caused by a crash load on the front side of the automobile.

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