US 11,999,228 B2
Pedal-application-error accident preventing device
Kou Sasaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,042.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-046809 (JP), filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297539 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 26/02 (2006.01); B62D 1/181 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 26/02 (2013.01) [B62D 1/181 (2013.01); B60K 2026/026 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pedal-application-error accident preventing device to be applied to a vehicle, the pedal-application-error accident preventing device comprising:
a steering-wheel-position changing mechanism configured to displace a steering wheel of the vehicle in a vehicle forward-rearward direction;
a steering-wheel-position adjuster configured to displace the steering wheel in accordance with an operation amount of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle such that the steering wheel is positioned further toward a vehicle rearward side as the operation amount of the accelerator pedal operated by a driver who drives the vehicle increases; and
an accelerator-pedal-position adjuster configured to displace the accelerator pedal in a direction such that the operation amount of the accelerator pedal returns to zero in a case where the steering wheel is pushed back forward in a state in which the steering wheel is displaced toward the vehicle rearward side.