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US 6,178,846 B2Granted
Device for separating a pedal mounting from the structure of a motor vehicle
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMartin Specht, Rainer Schröter, Walter Krauss
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Abstract
A vehicle for separating a pedal lever (14) pivotable about a spindle (5) from the structure of a motor vehicle, in which the support (21) acting especially as a pressure pipe between the pedal lever (14) and a braking force amplifier (3) has a deformable rod section.
Claims27
An arrangement for moving a pedal lever away from a passenger in a motor vehicle in response to a collision impact comprising:
- a pedal lever mounted on a vehicle structure via a pedal spindle for pivoting motion about an axis corresponding substantially to that of the pedal spindle;
- a supporting element connecting the pedal lever to a vehicle component in such a manner that the pedal lever can be pivoted around the pedal spindle with a specified actuating force with the supporting element in a supporting position a
- means for deforming the supporting element from its supporting position for the pedal lever so as to produce pivotal motion of the pedal lever substantially about the axis of the pedal spindle in a direction away from a vehicle passenger in response to external forces acting on the vehicle.
An arrangement for detaching a pedal lever which can be pivoted around a pedal spindle from the structure of a motor vehicle comprising:
- a pedal lever mounted on a vehicle structure via a pedal spindle;
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- a supporting element connected to a vehicle component in such a manner that the pedal lever can be pivoted around the pedal spindle with a specified actuating force with the supporting element in a supporting position, and
- wherein the supporting element is arranged to be moved out of its supporting position in response to external forces acting on the vehicle, and
- wherein the supporting element is an actuating rod arranged between the pedal lever and the vehicle component which transfers operating motion of the pedal to the vehicle component, and
- wherein, at the ends of the supporting element, articulated bearings are provided for articulated support of the supporting element on the vehicle component and on the pedal lever, and
- wherein rod components in the shape of hollow truncated cones are provided between the articulated bearings and the deformable region.
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