Pedal support with coupled functions
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorJean-Marc Attard
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Abstract
The invention relates to a pedal box for a motor vehicle, comprising clutch (1), brake (2), and accelerator (3) pedals, each of which is mounted to rotate about a corresponding pivot (X1, X2, X3) between a rest position and a position of maximum actuation, passing through a multitude of intermediate positions. The pedal box according to the invention comprises, between the accelerator pedal (3) and the brake pedal (2), a link (4) that placed the brake pedal (2) in an intermediate position or in its rest position depending on whether or not the accelerator pedal (3) is itself in its rest position.
Claims5
Pedal box for a motor vehicle, comprising a clutch pedal (1), a brake pedal (2) and an accelerator pedal (3) which are mounted to rotate about respective first, second and third pivots (X1, X2, X3) that are roughly parallel to one another, each pedal (1, 2, 3) at each moment adopting either a rest position, or a position of maximum actuation, or an intermediate position somewhere between the rest position and the position of maximum actuation, and each pedal (1, 2, 3) receiving an elastic torque directed in a first direction of rotation (S1) about its pivot and which urges it towards its rest position, characterized in that it comprises, between the accelerator pedal (3) and the brake pedal (2), a first link (4) which places the brake pedal (2) in an intermediate position or in its rest position depending on whether or not the accelerator pedal (3) is in its rest position.
Pedal box according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises, between the accelerator pedal (3) and the clutch pedal (1), a second link (5) which prevents the accelerator (3) and clutch (1) pedals from simultaneously adopting their respective positions of maximum actuation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.