Driving assistance apparatus
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsYutaka SAKURAGI, Masaaki AOKI, Keiichi YAMASAKI, Katsuhisa MAEDO, Shigeru TAKENAKA, Kenichi NAKAMOTO
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Abstract
A driving assistance apparatus that includes a brake operation portion that applies a brake to a vehicle, the brake operation portion allowing a manual brake operation by a hand of a driver of the vehicle, the brake operation portion including a brake operation body and a grip portion to be gripped by the hand of the driver, the grip portion being provided at an upper end of the brake operation body, and a shift-down switch that shifts-down the vehicle is provided on the grip portion, the shift-down switch allowing a manual shift-down operation by the hand of the driver.
Claims20
A driving assistance apparatus, comprising:
- a brake operation portion configured to apply a brake to a vehicle, the brake operation portion allowing a manual brake operation by a hand of a driver of the vehicle, wherein
- the brake operation portion includes a brake operation body and a grip portion configured to be gripped by the hand of the driver, the grip portion being provided at an upper end of the brake operation body, and
- a shift-down switch configured to shift-down the vehicle is provided on the grip portion, the shift-down switch allowing a manual shift-down operation by the hand of the driver.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a brake system configured to apply a brake to the vehicle;
- a steering wheel to control steering of the vehicle;
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- a brake operation portion configured to control the brake system, the brake operation portion allowing a manual brake operation by a hand of a driver of the vehicle, wherein
- the brake operation portion includes a brake operation body and a grip portion configured to be gripped by the hand of the driver, the grip portion being provided at an upper end of the brake operation body, and
- a shift-down switch configured to shift-down the vehicle is provided on the grip portion, the shift-down switch allowing a manual shift-down operation by the hand of the driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.