Accelerator pedal assembly for a vehicle
AssigneeVolvo Car Corporation
InventorsMarcel KAPOCS, Mickael LARSEN
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, it is an apparatus comprising a first bracket portion comprising a deformation element and a protruding surface, wherein the protruding surface is configured to support an accelerator pedal, wherein the deformation element is arranged in a deformation zone on the protruding surface, wherein the deformation element is configured to be deformed during a crash and lifting the accelerator pedal up by a predefined height away from the floor of a vehicle, and wherein the apparatus is an accelerator pedal bracket assembly for the vehicle for protecting a driver during the crash.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a first bracket portion comprising a deformation element and a protruding surface;
- wherein the protruding surface is configured to support an accelerator pedal;
- wherein the deformation element is arranged in a deformation zone on the protruding surface;
- wherein the deformation element is configured to be deformed during a crash and lift the accelerator pedal up by a predefined height away from a floor panel of a vehicle;
- and
- wherein the apparatus is an accelerator pedal bracket assembly for the vehicle for protecting a driver during the crash.
A system, comprising:
- an accelerator pedal, and
- an accelerator pedal bracket assembly;
- wherein the accelerator pedal bracket assembly comprising a deformation element and is configured to secure the accelerator pedal to a floor panel of a vehicle;
- and
- wherein the deformation element is configured to be deformed during a crash, and provide at least one of a translational degree of freedom and a rotational degree of freedom to the accelerator pedal bracket assembly;
- and
- wherein the system is an accelerating pedal assembly for the vehicle configured for protecting a driver during the crash.
A method comprising:
- providing an accelerator pedal bracket assembly comprising a first bracket portion comprising a deformation element and a protruding surface;
- supporting an accelerator pedal by the protruding surface;
- arranging the deformation element in a deformation zone on the protruding surface such that the deformation element is configured to deform during a crash, and provide at least one of a translational degree of freedom and a rotational degree of freedom to the accelerator pedal bracket assembly;
- and
- wherein the method is configured for protecting a driver during the crash of a vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.