Vehicle control pedals
AssigneeRover Group Limited
InventorNeil Arthur Brooks
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Abstract
A vehicle brake pedal has a deflecting block projecting from its front surface which is arranged, if the pedal is moved backwards in the event of a frontal impact, to contact a steering column bracket before the top end of the pedal, thereby depressing the pedal and retracting it away from the driver.
Claims15
A vehicle comprising a driver operated foot pedal having an upper end and a lower end adapted to be acted on by a driver's foot and a rear side facing rearwards of the vehicle, a mounting member, a pivot pivotably supporting said upper end on the mounting member, and a solid member positioned to the rear of the mounting member towards which the mounting member will tend to move on deformation of the vehicle on a frontal impact, wherein the pedal includes a deflecting member rigidly fixed relative to said lower end, and projecting rearwards from the rear side of the pedal below the pivot such that, if the mounting member is moved rearwards in the event of a frontal impact, the solid member will act on the deflecting member to causing at least partial depression of the pedal.
A vehicle comprising a driver operated brake pedal having an upper end and a lower end adapted to be acted on by a driver's foot and a rear side facing rearwards of the vehicle, a mounting bracket, a pivot pivotably supporting said upper end on the mounting bracket, and a solid member positioned to the rear of the mounting bracket towards which the mounting bracket will tend to move on deformation of the vehicle on a frontal impact, wherein the pedal includes a deflecting block rigidly fixed relative to said lower end, and projecting rearwards from the rear side of the pedal below the pivot such that, if the mounting bracket is moved rearwards in the event of a frontal impact, the solid member will act on the deflecting block to causing at least partial depression of the pedal.
A vehicle comprising a driver operated brake pedal having an upper end and a lower end adapted to be acted on by a driver's foot and a rear side facing rearwards of the vehicle, a mounting bracket, a pivot pivotably supporting said upper end on the mounting bracket, and a solid member positioned to the rear of the mounting bracket towards which the mounting bracket will tend to move on deformation of the vehicle on a frontal impact, wherein the pedal includes a deflecting bracket rigidly fixed relative to said lower end, and projecting rearwards from the rear side of the pedal below the pivot such that, if the mounting bracket is moved rearwards in the event of a frontal impact, the solid member will act on the deflecting bracket to causing at least partial depression of the pedal.
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