US 2013/0278014 A1Published application

Vehicle with parking brake lever

AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.

InventorsYoshiki TAKAHASHI, Futoshi MIYAKAWA, Yukinori KURAKAWA

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Abstract

A driver seat is disposed at a position offset by a predetermined distance to the left from a vehicle width center line and an ingress-egress opening through which a driver gets on and off the vehicle is provided on a lateral side of the driver seat. A door is attached to a left upper frame via a door hinge and the ingress-egress opening is opened and closed by using the door. A parking brake lever is disposed near the left upper frame and the door hinge is provided on the same left upper frame. Since the door hinge and the parking brake lever are disposed close to each other, there is no possibility of the parking brake lever hindering ingress and egress.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A vehicle including a parking brake lever configured to be operated inside a cabin in a space on an outer side of a steering wheel by a driver, said vehicle comprising:

a driver seat configured to accommodate the driver, said driver seat disposed at such a position that a center line of the driver seat is offset by a predetermined distance in a vehicle width direction from a vehicle width center line of the vehicle;
an ingress-egress opening configured to enable the driver to get on and off the vehicle, provided on a lateral side of the driver seat,
wherein the steering wheel is provided on a dashboard disposed on a front side of the driver seat, and wherein the parking brake lever is provided in the dashboard, and
wherein, in a vehicle side view, a grip portion of the parking brake lever is disposed at a same height as the steering wheel and on a vehicle front side of the steering wheel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.