Organ type accelerator pedal apparatus
AssigneesKia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
InventorJeong Seon MIN
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Abstract
An organ type accelerator pedal apparatus may include a pedal housing having a lower mount fixed to a panel of a vehicle body located below a driver seat and an upper mount to which a pedal arm pivotally mounted, a pad pivotally mounted with respect to the pedal housing such that the pad is connected to the pedal arm via a carrier, and an articulated hinge fixedly coupled, at both ends thereof, between the pedal housing and the pad such that the articulated hinge is covered by the pedal housing and the pad so that the articulated hinge is not exposed to the outside.
Claims8
An organ type accelerator pedal apparatus comprising:
- a pedal housing having:
- a lower mount fixed to a panel of a vehicle body;
- and
- an upper mount fixed to the lower mount and to which a pedal arm is pivotally mounted;
- a pad pivotally mounted with respect to the pedal housing, wherein the pad is connected to the pedal arm via a carrier;
- and
- an articulated hinge fixedly coupled, at both ends thereof, between the pedal housing and the pad such that the articulated hinge is covered by the pedal housing and the pad and thus the articulated hinge is not exposed to the outside of the pedal housing and the pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.