ACCELERATOR PEDAL STEPPING AMOUNT REGULATION STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOBILE

• Main Authors: TENPO TAKASHI, ASHIDA YOSHITAKA, KAWAJIRI YASUMICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 12.11.2015
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BYMECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY; CONTROLLING; CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an accelerator pedal stepping amount regulation structure of an automobile which neither becomes obtrusive when getting on and off a vehicle nor makes a foot space tight during driving in a cab-over type small car, and can reduce a load applied to a leg part of a driver by being buckled and deformed easily during a vehicle collision.SOLUTION: A stopper 10 has a mountain shape comprising an upper wall part 10a and a pair of leg parts 10b, 10c which are continuous to both edge parts of the upper wall part 10a and folded downward. The stopper 10 is arranged and fixed so as to be positioned below a pedal arm 9a and so that both the leg parts 10b, 10c are positioned separately to the right and left in a vehicle width direction. A seating surface 10h is formed at a rear part of a vehicle longitudinal direction of the upper wall part 10a so as to bulge upward. A stepping amount of an acceleration pedal 9 is regulated by abutment of the lower edge of the pedal arm 9a against the seat surface 10h. 【課題】キャブオーバータイプの小型車においても乗降時の邪魔になったり、運転時の足元スペースが窮屈になったりすることがなく、また車両衝突時には容易に座屈変形することで運転者の脚部に作用する荷重を軽減できる自動車のアクセルベダル踏込み量規制構造を提供する。【課題を解決するための手段】ストッパ１０は、上壁部１０ａと該上壁部１０ａの両縁部に続いて下方に折り曲げられた一対の脚部１０ｂ，１０ｃとを有する山形状を有し、前記ペダルアーム９ａの下方に位置するように、かつ前記両脚部１０ｂ，１０ｃが車幅方向左，右に離れて位置するように配置固定されており、前記上壁部１０ａの車両前後方向後部に座面１０ｈが上方に膨出するように形成され、該座面１０ｈに前記ペダルアーム９ａの下縁が当接することでアクセルベダル９の踏込み量が規制される。【選択図】図２