Brake pedal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9376094-B2
Application number	US-201314407503-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2013
Priority date	Aug 23, 2012
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

A pedal bracket is fixed to a dash panel on an interior side of a vehicle room. A brake arm is oscillatably supported by the pedal bracket and has a brake pedal pad at its one end. A coupling arm is supported by the pedal bracket and couples a push rod and the brake arm together. A rotating arm is supported by the coupling arm in a rotatable state. One end of the rotating arm contacts with a fixed bracket and thereby rotates the rotating arm when the pedal bracket is displaced in a vehicle rearward direction. The rotation causes contact of another end of the rotating arm with the push rod to induce curving of the push rod.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A brake pedal device comprising:
a partition wall that partitions an interior of a vehicle room where a brake pedal is arranged from an exterior;
a vehicle body configuration member positioned behind the partition wall in a vehicle front-rear direction; 1
a fixed bracket that is fixed to the vehicle body configuration member;
a pedal bracket arranged between the partition wall and the vehicle body configuration member and fixed to the partition wall;
a brake arm that is rotatably supported by the pedal bracket and has a brake pedal pad at one end of the brake arm;
a push rod that initiates generation of braking force;
a coupling arm that is supported by the pedal bracket and couples the push rod and the brake arm together; and
a rotating arm supported by the coupling arm in a rotatable state, in which contact of one end of the rotating arm with the fixed bracket causes rotation of the rotating arm when the pedal bracket is displaced in a vehicle rearward direction, and the rotation causes contact of another end of the rotating arm with the push rod to induce curving of the push rod.

2. The brake pedal device according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the pedal bracket is displaced in the vehicle rearward direction, the one end of the coupling arm contacts with the fixed bracket to rotate the brake arm in a pedaling direction.

3. The brake pedal device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a coupling member that couples the push rod and the coupling arm together,
wherein the rotating arm contacts with the coupling member.

4. The brake pedal device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the push rod includes a curve facilitation portion that facilitates according to stress from the rotating arm.

Assignees

• Kitano Hajime
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kitano Hajime

Classifications

• G05G1/323

  means disconnecting the connection between pedal and controlled member, e.g. by breaking or bending the connecting rod · CPC title

• B60R21/09

  Control elements or operating handles movable from an operative to an out-of-the way position, e.g. {pedals,} switch knobs, window cranks {(specially adapted for brake pedals, e.g. by venting of master cylinder or destruction of force transmitting rod, B60T7/065)} · CPC title

• B60T7/065 Primary

  with means to prevent injuries in case of collision (for vehicle pedals in general by moving them from an operative to an out-of-the way position B60R21/09) · CPC title