Motor vehicles – With means for promoting safety of vehicle – its occupant or... – Responsive to engagement of portion of perimeter of vehicle...
Patent
1995-12-26
1997-04-01
Rice, Kenneth R.
Motor vehicles
With means for promoting safety of vehicle, its occupant or...
Responsive to engagement of portion of perimeter of vehicle...
180275, B60K 2810, B60T 712
Patent
active
056157495
ABSTRACT:
A pedal device disposed within a passenger compartment of a vehicle, including a pedal bracket attached to a vehicle body, and a pedal pivotally supported by the pedal bracket and having at a lower end thereof a pedal pad to be depressed by a foot of an operator of the vehicle, wherein a mechanism is provided for permitting, upon application of an external force to the vehicle, displacement of the pedal pad such that an operator's leg whose foot is depressing the pedal pad is moved in a direction away from a steering device disposed within the passenger compartment.
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Rice Kenneth R.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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