Motor vehicles – With means for promoting safety of vehicle – its occupant or... – Responsive to engagement of portion of perimeter of vehicle...
Patent
1997-06-17
1998-12-15
English, Peter C.
Motor vehicles
With means for promoting safety of vehicle, its occupant or...
Responsive to engagement of portion of perimeter of vehicle...
180275, 280784, 296189, 74512, B60T 706, B60T 722, B60R 2109
Patent
active
058486623
ABSTRACT:
A structure for controlling displacement of a vehicle pedal, comprising: a vehicle pedal supported at a pedal bracket fixed to a vehicle body, and swinging around a rotating shaft portion disposed further substantially toward a rear of a vehicle and toward a bottom of the vehicle than an upper end portion of the vehicle pedal which upper end portion is at an opposite side of a lower end portion at which a stepping surface is provided; and a displacement controlling device, provided at a load receiving portion which is disposed further substantially toward a front of the vehicle than the vehicle pedal, for controlling displacement of the stepping surface of the vehicle pedal by displacing the upper end portion of the vehicle pedal substantially toward a rear of the vehicle when there is displacement of the load receiving portion in at least one of a direction substantially toward the rear of the vehicle and a direction substantially toward a top of the vehicle at the time when an external force of a predetermined value or greater is applied to a front portion of the vehicle and the load receiving portion is displaced in at least one of the direction substantially toward the rear of the vehicle and the direction substantially toward the top of the vehicle.
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English Peter C.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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