US 12,304,304 B2
Vehicle pedal module
Kengo Ito, Kariya (JP); Daisuke Hokuto, Kariya (JP); Etsugo Yanagida, Kariya (JP); Masashi Arao, 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. 18/500,599.
Application 18/500,599 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/013794, filed on Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-082796 (JP), filed on May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059143 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 26/02 (2006.01); B60T 7/06 (2006.01); G05G 1/36 (2008.04); G05G 1/38 (2008.04); G05G 5/03 (2008.04)
CPC B60K 26/02 (2013.01) [B60T 7/06 (2013.01); G05G 1/36 (2013.01); G05G 1/38 (2013.01); G05G 5/03 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pedal module for a vehicle, integrally provided with a plurality of by-wire pedal devices, the pedal module comprising:
a brake pedal device including
a brake pedal configured to be stepped on by a foot of a driver and to swing about a first swing axis,
a brake pedal rotating shaft provided at the first swing axis of the brake pedal,
a brake pedal sensor configured to output a signal corresponding to a swing angle of the brake pedal,
a brake-pedal reaction force generation mechanism configured to generate a reaction force against a stepping force of the driver applied to the brake pedal,
a brake pedal first housing configured to rotatably support the brake pedal rotating shaft and to cover the brake-pedal reaction force generation mechanism, and
a brake pedal second housing configured to support an end portion of the brake-pedal reaction force generation mechanism, opposite to the brake pedal, and provided at a position between the brake pedal first housing and a vehicle body; and
an accelerator pedal device including
an accelerator pedal configured to be stepped on and operated by the foot of the driver to swing about a second swing axis,
an accelerator pedal sensor configured to output a signal corresponding to the swing angle of the accelerator pedal,
an accelerator-pedal reaction force generation mechanism configured to generate a reaction force against the stepping force of the driver applied to the accelerator pedal, and
an accelerator pedal housing configured to cover the accelerator-pedal reaction force generation mechanism, wherein
the brake pedal second housing is installed on the vehicle body to extend from the brake pedal device to the accelerator pedal device and to fix at least a part of the accelerator pedal device thereto, and
the brake pedal second housing is made of a material having a Young's modulus larger than that of the brake pedal first housing.