US 12,298,799 B2
Pedal device
Atsushi Nishimura, Kariya (JP); Etsugo Yanagida, Kariya (JP); Yuki Matsunaga, Kariya (JP); and Daisuke Hokuto, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/500,962.
Application 18/500,962 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/013795, filed on Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-082797 (JP), filed on May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0061461 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G05G 1/30 (2008.04); B60T 7/04 (2006.01); B60T 7/06 (2006.01); G05G 1/44 (2008.04); G05G 5/03 (2008.04); G05G 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC G05G 1/44 (2013.01) [B60T 7/06 (2013.01); G05G 5/03 (2013.01); G05G 5/04 (2013.01); B60T 7/042 (2013.01); G05G 2505/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pedal device to be pedaled by a user, the pedal device comprising:
a pedal supported to be swingable about an axis and to swing toward one side in a circumferential direction about the axis when being pedaled by the user;
a housing;
a reaction force generation portion disposed in the housing and to apply a force to the pedal toward an another side in the circumferential direction; and
a stopper arranged outside the housing, to swing about the axis together with the pedal while being supported by the pedal, and to stop the pedal by contacting the housing in a non- pedaled state in which the pedal is not pedaled by the user; and
an arm configured to swing about the axis together with the pedal, wherein
the arm is provided independently from the pedal, and
the stopper is provided on the arm.