US 11,987,211 B2
Electric pedal for automobile
Jiancheng Li, Shanghai (CN); and Guilan Zhou, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Shanghai Essenway Technology Development Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed by Shanghai Essenway Technology Development Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/344,808.
Application 18/344,808 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2022/092265, filed on May 11, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202210493764.3 (CN), filed on May 8, 2022; and application No. 202221081202.X (CN), filed on May 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356661 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 3/02 (2006.01); B60R 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 3/02 (2013.01) [B60R 3/002 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric pedal for an automobile, comprising
a driving support (2), wherein the driving support (2) further comprises
a first transmission mechanism, the first transmission mechanism further comprisinging a first connecting base (2a), a first driving arm (2b), and a first supporting arm (2c), and
a first connecting rod (2d), wherein the first conneting rod (2d) is driven by the first transmission mechanism to extend and retract;
a driving mechanism (4), wherein the driving mechanism (4) further comprises
a driving motor (4a) mounted at a bottom of an automobile body (1),
a driving shaft (4c), and
a gear box (4b) mounted at an output end of the driving motor (4a); and
a pedal (5),
wherein the driving support (2) and the driving mechanism (4) are both mounted on same side of the bottom of the automobile body (1),
the driving shaft (4c) of the driving mechanism (4) is directly fixedly connected to the first transmission mechanism and drives the first transmission mechanism to be extended and retracted to further extend and retract the first connecting rod (2d),
the first connecting base (2a) further comprises a connecting plate (8) that is arranged on the first connecting base (2a) and provided with a third shaft hole (12) and a fourth shaft hole (13), the third shaft hole (12) and the fourth shaft hole (13) are perpendicular to the connecting plate (8), and an axis of the third shaft hole (12) is parallel to an axis of the fourth shaft hole (13),
the first driving arm (2b) is H-shaped with protrusions each at left and right edges of a front end and left and right edges of a back end, a pair of seventh shaft holes (15) are respectively provided on the two protrusions at the left and right edges of the back end for mounting a third transmission shaft (20) in a penetrating manner, a pair of eighth shaft holes (16) are respectively provided on the two protrusions at the left and right edges of the front end for mounting the driving shaft (4c) in a penetrating manner, and an axis of the seventh shaft holes (15) is parallel to an axis of the eighth shaft holes (16),
the first supporting arm (2c) is H-shaped with protrusions each at left and right edges of a front end and left and right edges of a back end, a pair of fifth shaft holes (14a) are respectively provided on the two protrusions at the left and right edges of the back end for mounting the first transmission shaft (18) in a penetrating manner, a pair of sixth shaft holes (14b) are respectively provided at the two protrusions at the left and right edges of the front end for mounting the second transmission shaft (19) in a penetrating manner, and an axis of the fifth shaft holes (14a) is parallel to an axis of the sixth shaft holes (14b),
the first connecting rod (2d) is T-shaped with a front portion in a form of a connecting lug (6), a first shaft hole (10) and a second shaft hole (11) run horizontally through the connecting lug (6) in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the connecting lug (6), and an axis of the first shaft hole (10) is parallel to the axis of the second shaft hole (11),
the driving shaft (4c) penetrates the fourth shaft hole (13) of the first connecting base (2a) and is fixedly connected to the front end of the first driving arm (2b) through the pair of the eighth shaft holes (16) of the first driving arm (2b) through a driving shaft locking device,
the driving shaft locking device comprises a pair of first locking bolts (23) and a pair of corresponding square fixing blocks (29), the driving shaft (4c) comprises two flat grooves (4c1 and 4c2), the first driving arm (2b) comprises a pair of first through holes (27) and each of the first through holes (27) is perpendicular to and coaxial with one of the eighth shaft holes (16), each of the corresponding square fixing blocks (29) is inserted into one of the eighth shaft holes (16) from one side of the first driving arm (2b), the corredponding square fixing block (29) cooperates with the flat grooves (4c1 and 4c2) in the driving shaft (4c), each of the corresponding square fixing blocks (29) is provided with a first threaded hole (25) coaxial with same, and each of the first locking bolts (23) is inserted into one of the first through holes (27) from the other side of the first driving arm (2b) and is in threaded fit with the respective first threaded hole (25),
the back end of the first driving arm (2b) is rotationally connected to the first connecting rod (2d) through the third transmission shaft (20) going through the pair of the seventh shaft holes (15) of the first driving arm (2b) and the second shaft hole (11) of the first connecting rod (2d), and a middle section of the third transmission shaft (20) is in interference fit with the second shaft hole (11) of the first connecting rod (2d) in a locked manner,
the front end of the first supporting arm (2c) is rotationally connected to the first connecting base (2a) through the second transmission shaft (19) going through the pair of the sixth shaft holes (14b) of the first supporting arm (2c) and the third shaft hole (12) of the first connecting base (2a), and a middle section of the second transmission shaft (19) is in interference locking fit with the third shaft hole (12) of the first connecting base (2a) in a locked manner,
the back end of the first supporting arm (2c) is rotationally connected to the first connecting rod (2d) through the first transmission shaft (18) going through the pair of the fifth shaft holes (14a) of the first supporting arm (2c) and the first shaft hole (10) of the first connecting rod (2d), and a middle section of the first transmission shaft (18) is in interference fit with the first shaft hole (10) of the first connecting rod (2d) in a locked manner,
two ends of the first supporting arm (2c) are rotationally connected to the first connecting base (2a) and the first connecting rod (2d) respectively;
two ends of the first supporting arm (2c) each are provided with a transmission shaft rotating device, one end of the first driving arm (2b) is provided with a transmission shaft rotating device, and the other end of the first driving arm (2b) is provided with a driving shaft locking device;
the connecting lug (6) of the first connecting rod (2d) is fixedly connected to the pedal (5),
when the first connecting rod (2d) moves from the retracted state to the extended state, the pedal (5) is driven to move towards a lower side of an outer side of the automobile body (1), an angle (28) between an upper surface of the pedal (5) and a ground (7) in the retracted state is 3-8 degrees, and the upper surface of the pedal is substantially parallel to the ground (7) in the extended state, and
both the first driving arm (2b) and the first supporting arm (2c) rotate for more than 90° from the retracted state to the extended state, and the first driving arm (2b) and the first connecting rod (2d) are substantially aligned in a same horizontal plane, and the same horizontal plane is substantially parallel to the ground (7) in the extended state.