Vehicle pedal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10983549-B2
Application number	US-201816155419-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2018
Priority date	Nov 29, 2017
Publication date	Apr 20, 2021
Grant date	Apr 20, 2021

Abstract

A vehicle pedal device includes: a pedal pad; a housing provided below the pedal pad and provided with a through-hole; a first link passing through the through-hole, a first end portion of the first link being rotatably connected to the pedal pad, a second end portion of the first link being disposed in the housing; a second link, a first end portion of the second link being rotatably connected to the second end portion of the first link, a second end portion of the second link being supported in the housing; a first urging member configured to urge the second link in a rotation direction in which the pedal pad is displaced upward; and a friction portion pressed against a pressed portion provided in the housing and configured to apply a rotation resistance to the second link.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle pedal device comprising:
a pedal pad disposed to be inclined such that a height of the pedal pad becomes higher toward a front side, a lower end portion of the pedal pad being rotatably supported, an upper surface of the pedal pad being a surface to which a stepping-on force is applied;
a housing provided below the pedal pad and provided with a through-hole on a facing wall facing a lower surface of the pedal pad;
a first link passing through the through-hole, a first end portion of the first link being rotatably connected to the pedal pad, a second end portion of the first link being disposed in the housing;
a second link, a first end portion of the second link being rotatably connected to the second end portion of the first link, a second end portion of the second link being supported in the housing such that the second end portion of the second link is rotatable in a first rotation direction in which the pedal pad is displaced upward and a second rotation direction in which the pedal pad is displaced downward;
a first urging member configured to urge the second link in the first rotation direction; and
a friction portion disposed on the second end portion of the second link, the friction portion being pressed against a pressed portion provided in the housing and configured to apply a rotation resistance to the second link by being rubbed with the pressed portion while rotating along with the second link, wherein:
the second end portion of the second link is positioned between the lower end portion of the pedal pad and the through-hole on the facing wall of the housing;
the second link is provided with an inclined surface inclined downward to extend in a direction from the first end portion of the second link to the friction portion; and
the second link is provided with a hole between the first end portion of the second link and the friction portion, the hole penetrating the second link in a downward direction from the inclined surface.

2. The vehicle pedal device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first urging member is configured to urge the second link in the first rotation direction via the friction portion by urging the friction portion in the first rotation direction;
the second link is rotatable in the first rotation direction while being separated from the friction portion; and
the vehicle pedal device includes a second urging member configured to urge the second link in the first rotation direction not via the friction portion.

3. The vehicle pedal device according to claim 2 , further comprising
a pressing member supported in the housing by a rotation shaft such that the pressing member is rotatable in a pressing direction in which the friction portion is pressed against the pressed portion, the rotation shaft of the pressing member being positioned at a different position from a rotation shaft of the second link, wherein
the first urging member is configured such that:
a first end portion of the first urging member is in contact with the friction portion and urges the second link in the first rotation direction via the friction portion by urging the friction portion in the first rotation direction;
a second end portion of the first urging member is in contact with the pressing member and urges the pressing member in the pressing direction; and
urging force applied to the pressing member is increased when the second link rotates in the second rotation direction against an urging force applied to the second link.

4. A vehicle pedal device comprising:
a pedal pad disposed to be inclined such that a height of the pedal pad becomes higher toward a front side, a lower end portion of the pedal pad being rotatably supported, an upper surface of the pedal pad being a surface to which a stepping-on force is applied;
a housing provided below the pedal pad and provided with a through-hole on a facing wall facing a lower surface of the pedal pad;
a first link passing through the through-hole, a first end portion of the first link being rotatably connected to the pedal pad, a second end portion of the first link being disposed in the housing;
a second link, a first end portion of the second link being rotatably connected to the second end portion of the first link, a second end portion of the second link being supported in the housing such that the second end portion of the second link is rotatable in a first rotation direction in which the pedal pad is displaced upward and a second rotation direction in which the pedal pad is displaced downward;
a first urging member configured to urge the second link in the first rotation direction; and
a friction portion pressed against a pressed portion provided in the housing and configured to apply a rotation resistance to the second link by being rubbed with the pressed portion while rotating along with the second link,
wherein:
the first urging member is configured to urge the second link in the first rotation direction via the friction portion by urging the friction portion in the first rotation direction;
the second link is rotatable in the first rotation direction while being separated from the friction portion; and
the vehicle pedal device includes a second urging member configured to urge the second link in the first rotation direction not via the friction portion.

5. The vehicle pedal device according to claim 4 , wherein:
the friction portion is disposed in the second end portion of the second link;
the second link is provided with an inclined surface inclined downward to extend in a direction from the first end portion of the second link to the friction portion; and
the second link is provided with a hole between the first end portion of the second link and the friction portion, the hole penetrating the second link in a downward direction from the inclined surface.

6. The vehicle pedal device according to claim 4 , further comprising
a pressing member supported in the housing by a rotation shaft such that the pressing member is rotatable in a pressing direction in which the friction portion is pressed against the pressed portion, the rotation shaft of the pressing member being positioned at a different position from a rotation shaft of the second link, wherein
the first urging member is configured such that:
a first end portion of the first urging member is in contact with the friction portion and urges the second link in the first rotation direction via the friction portion by urging the friction portion in the first rotation direction;
a second end portion of the first urging member is in contact with the pressing member and urges the pressing member in the pressing direction; and
urging force applied to the pressing member is increased when the second link rotates in the second rotation direction against an urging force applied to the second link.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kadoi Hironori

Classifications

• G05G5/03 Primary

  Means for enhancing the operator's awareness of arrival of the controlling member at a command or datum position; Providing feel, e.g. means for creating a counterforce (arrangements for indicating the position of the controlling member G05G1/015) · CPC title

• G05G2505/00

  Means for preventing, limiting or returning the movements of parts of a control mechanism, e.g. locking controlling member · CPC title

• B60K26/02

  of initiating means or elements · CPC title

• G05G1/44

  pivoting · CPC title

• G05G25/04

  Sealing against entry of dust, weather or the like {(in selector apparatus for gearings, F16H59/0213)} · CPC title