US RE49,642 E1
Vehicle pedal apparatus
Ki Young Song, Suwon-si (KR); Jae Sung Heo, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Eun Sik Kim, Gwangmyeong-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/501,352.
Application 17/501,352 is a reissue of application No. 15/836,136, filed on Dec. 8, 2017, granted, now 10,303,198, issued on May 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0089102 (KR), filed on Jul. 13, 2017.
Int. Cl. G05G 1/30 (2008.04); G05G 1/50 (2008.04); G05G 1/46 (2008.04); G05G 1/44 (2008.04)
CPC G05G 1/46 (2013.01) [G05G 1/30 (2013.01); G05G 1/506 (2013.01); G05G 1/44 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle pedal apparatus comprising:
a pedal member fixed to a dashboard; and
a pedal arm rotatably connected to the pedal member and elongated in a vertical direction,
wherein the pedal arm includes:
a first arm that is bent sideways with respect to a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle body, to extend in a first lateral direction; and
a second arm that has a first side indented in a second lateral direction opposite to the first lateral direction such that the first side has a concavity, wherein the second arm is integrally connected to a lower [ an upper ] end of the first arm in a bottom direction of the vehicle body,
wherein the second arm is rotatably connected to the pedal member to be rotatable in the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle body, and
wherein the pedal arm has a pedal switch, and the second arm has an operation pin which protrudes from a second side in the second lateral direction and which connects with the pedal switch [ , and
wherein the first arm has an internal space that is open at a front side of the pedal arm and a reinforcing rib disposed in the internal space to extend across the internal space] .