Safety apparatus of accelerator pedal for vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorEun Sik Kim
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Abstract
A safety apparatus of an accelerator pedal for a vehicle may include a lever actuating hole formed through a pad of the accelerator pedal that is configured to be operated by a driver's foot, and a rotary lever passing through the lever actuating hole, and rotatably provided on the pad such that a first end of the rotary lever protrudes upwards from the pad and a second end of the rotary lever comes into contact with a pedal housing under the pad, the rotary lever preventing the pad from being rotated towards the pedal housing when the second end of the rotary lever comes into contact with the pedal housing.
Claims11
A safety apparatus of an accelerator pedal for a vehicle, the safety apparatus comprising:
- a lever actuating hole formed through a pad of the accelerator pedal that is configured to be operated by a driver's foot;
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- a rotary lever passing through the lever actuating hole, and rotatably provided on the pad such that a first end of the rotary lever protrudes upwards from the pad and a second end of the rotary lever comes into contact with a pedal housing under the pad, the rotary lever preventing the pad from being rotated towards the pedal housing when the second end of the rotary lever comes into contact with the pedal housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.