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US 7,458,293 B2Granted
Pedal security system
AssigneeFico Cables, S.A.
InventorsJaume Prat Terradas, David A. Gras
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Abstract
A pedal security system for pedal mounting, particularly for motor vehicles, includes a pedal rotatably mounted on a pedal axis, an opening for receiving and retaining the pedal axis which is connected with an expandable slot wherein the expandable slot receives the pedal axis by exceeding a mechanical limit load of the pedal axis.
Claims5
A pedal security system for pedal mounting, particularly in motor vehicles, comprising:
- a pedal rotatably mounted by means of a pedal axis;
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- a U-shaped pedal block including a leg having defined therein an opening for receiving and retaining the pedal axis, a slot adjacent to the opening, and lateral walls,
- the lateral walls including a first lateral wall that completely separates the opening and the slot and at least a second lateral wall that extends longitudinally within the slot between a first end and a second end and supports the first lateral wall,
- the pedal axis engaging the first lateral wall and breaking the first lateral wall by exceeding a mechanical limit loading of the pedal axis, whereby the slot receives the pedal axis.
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