US 2009/0025506 A1 · Vehicle Pedal Controls proof against Misapplication of Accelerator

Abstract

Vehicle Pedal Controls proof against Misapplication of Accelerator allows inversion-eversion operation of the acceleration pedal by the driver's foot for the better driver's distinction of the operation of the acceleration pedal from that of the brake pedal. And any of the invented vehicle control pedals, operable whether downward or transversely or inverse-eversely, provides for the braking of the vehicle with the strong push down of any pedal, whether the accelerator or the brake one,—that prevents the misapplication of the accelerator. In many embodiments of the invention, the pedal comprises the first part being impacted directly by the driver's foot, the last part being connected directly to the appropriate device of the vehicle (brakes or engine) and the detent holding said first part in mechanical relation to said last part, wherein said detent may be disengaged, for example, at misapplication of the acceleration pedal or certain other condition.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle acceleration pedal, also known as an accelerator or a gas pedal, comprising a rigid body rotating around an axis or fulcrum and a platform attached to the body to accommodate a driver's foot, wherein the improvement comprises the vehicle acceleration pedal being suitable for the inversion-eversion operation of the pedal by the driver's foot.

A vehicle control pedal comprising a rigid body rotating around an axis or fulcrum and a platform attached to the body to accommodate a driver's foot, wherein the improvement comprises the mechanical division of the pedal, at least, into two parts, namely:

the first part and the last part, and the addition of a mechanical detent or detents holding the first part of the pedal, which is actuated by the driver's foot, in mechanical relation to the last part of the pedal, which actuates a device of the vehicle and cannot or can be actuated by the driver's foot, so that,
for the acceleration pedal or the accelerator or the gas pedal, if the detent is engaged, then the driver's foot mechanical impact being able to cause the acceleration of the vehicle and applied to the first part of the acceleration pedal is transmitted to the last part of the acceleration pedal, but said driver's foot mechanical impact is not transmitted to the last part of the acceleration pedal, if the detent is disengaged, and the last part of the acceleration pedal cannot be actuated directly by the driver's foot, either the detent is engaged or disengaged,
for the brake pedal, if the detent is engaged, then the driver's foot mechanical impact being able to cause braking of the vehicle and applied to the first part of the brake pedal is not transmitted to the last part of the brake pedal, but said driver's foot mechanical impact is transmitted to the last part of the brake pedal, if the detent is disengaged, and the last part of the brake pedal can be actuated directly by the driver's foot, either the detent is engaged or disengaged,
and wherein the release of any detent of any vehicle control pedal is made by the driver's foot mechanical impact applied to said pedal, at the time of a misapplication of said pedal and/or certain driver's mental and/or physical condition and/or situation on the road and/or situation inside the vehicle and/or a signal of danger, or the release of any detent is made by the signal to release.

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Vehicle Pedal Controls proof against Misapplication of Accelerator

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Vehicle Pedal Controls proof against Misapplication of Accelerator

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Abstract

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