Device for mounting a pedal of a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9541944-B2
Application number	US-201314418665-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2013
Priority date	Aug 1, 2012
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

A device for mounting a pedal of a vehicle including a support on which the pedal is mounted by a principal rotary shaft and a shearing mechanism connected to a fixed bodywork element of the vehicle, the shearing mechanism configured to radially shear off the principal shaft in a case of a displacement of the support relative to the bodywork element, to detach the pedal from the support. A secondary shaft is fixed to the pedal and is configured to position the pedal, which has been sheared off, in a new operating position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for mounting a pedal of a vehicle comprising:
a support on which a lever arm of the pedal is mounted by a principal rotary shaft to rotate around the principal rotary shaft; and
shearing means connected to a fixed bodywork element of the vehicle, the shearing means configured to radially shear off the principal shaft in a case of a displacement of the support relative to the bodywork element, to detach the pedal from the support; and
a secondary shaft which is rigidly fixed to the lever arm of the pedal to rotate with the lever arm of the pedal around the principal rotary shaft, and the secondary shaft is configured to position the pedal, which has been sheared off, in a new operating position,
wherein the principal shaft joins two parallel and vertical walls of the support, and each of the walls comprises an opening, the secondary shaft protruding into the openings of the walls of the support.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary shaft constitutes the new rotary shaft of the pedal in its new operating position.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary shaft is parallel to the principal shaft when the pedal is mounted in an articulated manner on the support.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein each wall extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and the principal shaft and the secondary shaft extend in a transverse direction of the vehicle.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the openings of the walls are identical and oppose one another in a transverse direction of the vehicle.

6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein each of the openings comprises a blocking end configured to receive the secondary shaft once the principal shaft has been sheared off.

7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the secondary shaft is located behind the principal shaft when the pedal is mounted on the support, and the blocking end of each of the openings is located to the rear of the openings.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the principal shaft is made of plastics material and the secondary shaft is made of steel.

9. A pedal configured to be mounted on a motor vehicle support by a device for mounting according to claim 1 , comprising the secondary shaft.

10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the openings has a tapered end of rounded shape, the dimensions of the rear tapered end being greater than a diameter of the secondary shaft.

Assignees

• Renault Sa

Inventors

• Calciu Catalin Nicusor

Classifications

• Y10T74/20528

  Foot operated · CPC title

• G05G1/327

  means disconnecting the pedal from its hinge or support, e.g. by breaking or bending the support · CPC title

• G05G1/323

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

• B60R2021/0004

  Frontal collision · CPC title