SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR OPERATION PEDAL

• Main Authors: YAMAZAKI TOMOYOSHI, TAKESHITA HIROAKI, MATSUOKA TOSHIHIRO, MATSUMOTO YUICHIRO, HIURA TETSUO, ISHIDA HIROBUMI, TOKUGE MASAYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.11.2007
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BYMECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY; CONTROLLING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OFVEHICLES; REGULATING; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a supporting structure for an operation pedal certainly dropping off a support shaft of the operation pedal by sufficiently turning a turning lever, when a relative movement amount relative to a vehicle body side member of the turning lever is reduced by retreating the vehicle body side member and the vehicle body side member is downwardly relatively moved relative to a second support shaft of the turning lever, at vehicle collision. SOLUTION: A portion opposed to a surface 33a to be abutted of the vehicle body side member 33 in the turning lever 5 constitutes an abutment part 26b abutted on the surface 33a to be abutted at front collision of the vehicle. On the abutment part 26b, there is provided a turning promotion part 26c for promoting turning of the turning lever 5 by downwardly moving an abutment position of the turning lever 5 accompanying with turning of the turning lever 5, when the vehicle body side member 33 is relatively moved relative to the second support shaft 17 of the turning lever 5 at the front collision of the vehicle. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT