Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Foot operated
Patent
1999-01-21
2000-06-20
Bucci, David A.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Foot operated
296189, 280784, 188377, 180274, G05G 114, B60T 706
Patent
active
060764228
ABSTRACT:
A structure for controlling the displacement of a vehicle pedal comprising: a pedal bracket fixed to a first vehicle body structural member which displaces in substantially the rearward direction of a vehicle when an external force of a predetermined value or more acts on the front portion of the vehicle; a suspended-type vehicle pedal which is swingably supported by the pedal bracket and which is provided with a treading surface at the bottom end thereof to which a treading force is applied by the foot of the driver; a treading force transmission member which transmits the treading force applied to the treading surface of the vehicle pedal towards a hydraulic conversion device; a linking device for linking the vehicle pedal and the treading force transmission member, which has a center of rotation of the link which is independent of the center of rotation of the vehicle pedal, and which presses the treading force transmission member, which is rotationally displaced around the center of rotation of the link in accordance with the swinging of the vehicle pedal, in the direction in which the pedal is operated when a treading force is applied to the treading surface of the vehicle pedal; and a displacement control device, which is supported at a second vehicle body structural member which is disposed further towards the rear of the vehicle than the first vehicle body structural member and whose rigidity in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is higher than that of the vehicle body structural member, which relatively presses the linking device in the direction in which the pedal is operated through the relative displacement which arises between the first vehicle body structural member and the second vehicle body structural member, thereby displacing the treading surface of the vehicle pedal substantially towards the front of the vehicle.
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Bucci David A.
Kim Chong H.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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