Vehicle pedal device having mechanism for displacing pedal pad away from steering device upon application of external force to the vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshihisa Kato
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Abstract
A pedal device disposed within a passenger compartment of a vehicle, including a pedal bracket attached to a vehicle body, and a pedal pivotally supported by the pedal bracket and having at a lower end thereof a pedal pad to be depressed by a foot of an operator of the vehicle, wherein a mechanism is provided for permitting, upon application of an external force to the vehicle, displacement of the pedal pad such that an operator's leg whose foot is depressing the pedal pad is moved in a direction away from a steering device disposed within the passenger compartment.
Claims16
A pedal device for a vehicle having a body, a passenger compartment and a steering device disposed within the passenger compartment, said pedal device being disposed within said passenger compartment and including (a) a pedal bracket attached to said body, and (b) a pedal pivotally supported by said pedal bracket and having at a lower end thereof a pedal pad to be depressed by a foot an operator of the vehicle, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a pedal pad displacing mechanism for permitting, upon application of an external force to the vehicle, said pedal pad to be displaced such that a leg of the operator whose foot is depressing said pedal pad is moved in a direction away from said steering device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.