US 12,248,332 B2
Pedal device
Takao Yamamoto, Kariya (JP); Daisuke Hokuto, Kariya (JP); Etsugo Yanagida, Kariya (JP); and Yasuhisa Fukuda, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/454,630.
Application 18/454,630 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/005056, filed on Feb. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-029096 (JP), filed on Feb. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0393607 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G05G 5/04 (2006.01); G05G 1/38 (2008.04); G05G 1/44 (2008.04); G05G 5/05 (2006.01); B60K 26/02 (2006.01); B60T 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC G05G 5/04 (2013.01) [G05G 1/38 (2013.01); G05G 1/44 (2013.01); G05G 5/05 (2013.01); B60K 26/02 (2013.01); B60T 7/042 (2013.01); G05G 2505/00 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pedal device, to be mounted on a vehicle, the pedal device comprising:
a housing attached to a vehicle body;
a pedal pad provided rotatably about a predetermined rotation axis with respect to the housing, to rotate in a forward direction with an increase in a pedaling force of a driver and to rotate in a backward direction with a decrease in the pedaling force of the driver, wherein a stepped portion of the pedal pad, stepped on by the driver, is arranged above the rotation axis in a vertical direction of the vehicle;
a sensor unit configured to output an electric signal corresponding to a rotation angle of the pedal pad; and
a full-close stopper provided at a portion of an outer wall of the housing closer to the pedal pad than a position of the rotation axis, and configured to come into contact with a lower part of the pedal pad in the vertical direction of the vehicle to prevent the pedal pad from rotating in the backward direction, when the pedaling force of the driver is not applied to the pedal pad.