Connecting pin assembly support fixture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9499138-B2
Application number	US-201214390452-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2012
Priority date	Apr 4, 2012
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

A connecting pin fitting assistive device that prevents erroneous fitting in which, instead of a proper connecting pin, another connecting pin that is larger in length than the proper connecting pin is erroneously fitted, at the time of connecting a prescribed connecting member to a pedal arm via a connecting pin by passing the connecting pin through a connection hole formed in the pedal arm and retaining the connecting pin with use of a retaining member, the connecting pin fitting assistive device having a contact face disposed in a vicinity of the connection hole of the pedal arm and located at a position apart from a side face of the pedal arm by a protrusion restriction dimension S, and the connecting pin fitting assistive device bringing a distal end of the connecting pin passed through the connection hole into contact with the contact face, so that a protruding dimension by which the connecting pin protrudes from the side face of the pedal arm is restricted to the protrusion restriction dimension S, and retention of the connecting pin by the retaining member is inhibited when the other connecting pin is used.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connecting pin fitting assistive device that prevents erroneous fitting in which, instead of a proper connecting pin, another connecting pin that is larger in length than the proper connecting pin is erroneously fitted, at the time of connecting a prescribed connecting member to a pedal arm via a connecting pin by passing the connecting pin through a connection hole formed in the pedal arm and retaining the connecting pin with use of a retaining member,
the connecting pin fitting assistive device having a contact face disposed in a vicinity of the connection hole of the pedal arm and located at a position apart from a side face of the pedal arm by a protrusion restriction dimension, and
the connecting pin fitting assistive device bringing a distal end of the connecting pin passed through the connection hole into contact with the contact face, so that a protruding dimension by which the connecting pin protrudes from the side face of the pedal arm is restricted to the protrusion restriction dimension, and retention of the connecting pin by the retaining member is inhibited when the other connecting pin is used.

2. The connecting pin fitting assistive device according to claim 1 , wherein
the retaining member is fitted to a prescribed fitting position at a distal end portion of the connecting pin, the distal end portion protruding from the connection hole, wherein
the other connecting pin is larger in dimension from the distal end to the fitting position than the proper connecting pin, and wherein
the protrusion restriction dimension to which the protruding dimension is restricted is set to such a dimension that the retaining member is fitted to the fitting position when the proper connecting pin is used but the retaining member is hindered from being fitted to the fitting position when the other connecting pin is used.

3. The connecting pin fitting assistive device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting pin fitting assistive device is formed of a synthetic resin material having a prescribed elasticity, and is detachably fitted at an engagement lug to the pedal arm or a member fixedly fitted to the pedal arm.

4. The connecting pin fitting assistive device according to claim 3 , further comprising a hook portion that has a J-shaped section and is hooked on a front end edge or a rear end edge of the pedal arm, wherein the engagement lug is engaged in a state where the hook portion is hooked on the pedal arm.

5. The connecting pin fitting assistive device according to claim 4 , wherein
a plate in a form of an elongate plate is fixedly fitted to the side face of the pedal arm in such a manner that one end portion of the plate protrudes forward from the pedal arm, wherein
the connecting pin fitting assistive device has an elongate shape corresponding to the plate, and is disposed so as to be overlapped with the plate, wherein
the hook portion is formed at a rear end portion of the connecting pin fitting assistive device, the rear end portion being one end portion in a longitudinal direction, and the hook portion is hooked on the rear end edge of the pedal arm, and wherein
a front end portion of the connecting pin fitting assistive device, the front end portion being the other end portion in the longitudinal direction and protruding forward from the pedal arm, is larger in width than the plate, the front end portion has a pair of side walls that respectively protrude at positions above and below the plate and between which the plate is held, and the engagement lugs are formed respectively at distal ends of the side walls so as to protrude inward and are respectively engaged with upper and lower end edges of the plate.

6. The connecting pin fitting assistive device according to claim 3 , wherein
the connecting pin fitting assistive device has a releasing protrusion formed in a vicinity of the engagement lug, wherein the engagement lug and the plate are disengaged from each other by elastically deforming the connecting pin fitting assistive device on the principle of a leverage.

Assignees

• Takeshima Toshiro
• Fukatsu Yoshinobu
• Toyota Tekko Kk

Inventors

• Takeshima Toshiro
• Fukatsu Yoshinobu

Classifications

• F16B21/12 Primary

  with locking-pins or split-pins thrust into holes · CPC title

• B60T7/06 Primary

  Disposition of pedal · CPC title

• G05G1/44

  pivoting · CPC title

• G05G1/50

  Manufacturing of pedals; Pedals characterised by the material used · CPC title

• G05G1/46

  Means, e.g. links, for connecting the pedal to the controlled unit · CPC title