US 12,291,179 B1
Foldable pedal device for vehicles
Eun Sik Kim, Gwangmyeong-Si (KR); Hyeon Uk Kim, Daegu (KR); and Kyung Nam Kim, Daegu (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd., Daegu (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd., Daegu (KR)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/605,478.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0179782 (KR), filed on Dec. 12, 2023.
Int. Cl. B60T 7/06 (2006.01); B60K 26/02 (2006.01); G05G 1/36 (2008.04); G05G 1/40 (2008.04); G05G 1/44 (2008.04); G05G 25/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60T 7/06 (2013.01) [B60K 26/02 (2013.01); G05G 1/36 (2013.01); G05G 1/40 (2013.01); G05G 1/44 (2013.01); G05G 25/04 (2013.01); B60K 2026/024 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable pedal apparatus for a vehicle, the foldable pedal apparatus comprising:
an accelerator pedal module and a brake pedal module mounted in a case to be spaced from each other in a leftward-rightward direction of the vehicle and configured to be moved in response to an operation of a driver; and
an actuator module fixedly mounted in the case to be in contact with the accelerator pedal module and the brake pedal module and configured to simultaneously pop up the accelerator pedal module and the brake pedal module from the case or hide the accelerator pedal module and the brake pedal module in the case,
wherein the case is located inside a footrest panel and includes an open upper portion coupled to and sealed by the footrest panel,
wherein the accelerator pedal module and the brake pedal module are mounted through the footrest panel,
wherein the footrest panel includes shield members mounted in holes formed in the footrest panel to allow the accelerator pedal module and the brake pedal module to pass through the holes, and
wherein the shield members shield the holes to block introduction of foreign substances into the case.