Vehicle pedal device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHironori Kadoi
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Abstract
A vehicle pedal device includes a housing installed on a floor portion of a vehicle, a support provided behind the housing in a vehicle front-rear direction, and provided for a tower portion of the housing, and a pedal pad disposed while being inclined such that the pedal pad extends in a direction from the support to a position above the housing with a lower end portion of the pedal pad being rotatably supported b the support. The diameter of the largest virtual circle accommodated in a space defined by the pedal pad in a state of being maximally stepped on, the housing, and the support is larger than the diameter of the smallest virtual circle being in contact with the pedal pad in a state of being not stepped on and the housing as seen in a direction toward the pedal pad from a lateral side.
Claims6
A vehicle pedal device comprising:
- a housing installed on a floor portion of a vehicle;
- a support provided behind the housing in a vehicle front-rear direction and provided for a lower portion of the housing;
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- a pedal pad to be stepped on, the pedal pad being disposed while being inclined such that the pedal pad extends in a direction from the support to a position above the housing with a lower end portion of the pedal pad being rotatably supported by the support,
- wherein a diameter of a largest virtual circle accommodated in a space defined by the pedal pad in a state of being maximally stepped on, the housing, and the support is larger than a diameter of a smallest virtual circle being in contact with the pedal pad in a state of being not stepped on and the housing as seen in a lateral view of the pedal pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.