US 12,269,452 B2
Pedal device
Daisuke Hokuto, Kariya (JP); Etsugo Yanagida, Kariya (JP); Masashi Arao, Kariya (JP); Kengo Ito, Kariya (JP); and Yasuhisa Fukuda, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/500,775.
Application 18/500,775 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/013790, filed on Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-082791 (JP), filed on May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059261 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60T 8/17 (2006.01); G05G 1/38 (2008.04); G05G 5/03 (2008.04)
CPC B60T 8/17 (2013.01) [G05G 1/38 (2013.01); G05G 5/03 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pedal device configured to transmit an electric signal corresponding to an amount of a pedal operation by a driver to an electronic control device of a vehicle, the pedal device comprising:
a pedal pad configured to swing about a predetermined axis when being stepped on by a driver's foot, wherein a step portion of the pedal pad to be stepped on by the driver is arranged above the axis in a vertical direction when mounted on the vehicle;
a sensor unit configured to output a signal corresponding to a swing angle of the pedal pad;
a reaction force generation mechanism having an elastic member configured to generate a reaction force against a driver's stepping force applied to the pedal pad;
a first housing configured to cover the reaction force generation mechanism; and
a second housing provided on one side of the first housing in a swing direction of the pedal pad, wherein
the first housing has a largest opening on a side of the second housing, the elastic member of the reaction force generation mechanism is insertable into the largest opening in a non-bending state, and the second housing is configured to cover the largest opening.