US 12,083,880 B2
Accelerator device
Takuto Kita, Kariya (JP); Tetsuo Hariu, Kariya (JP); Kiyoshi Kimura, Kariya (JP); Takehiro Saitoh, Kariya (JP); Hideyuki Mori, Kariya (JP); Souichi Kinouchi, Kariya (JP); and Yuusuke Yoshida, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/941,870.
Application 17/941,870 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/009723, filed on Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-044241 (JP), filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0001789 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 26/02 (2006.01); B60K 28/10 (2006.01); G05G 1/30 (2008.04); G05G 5/02 (2006.01); G05G 5/03 (2008.04); G05G 5/06 (2006.01); G05G 1/38 (2008.04); G05G 1/44 (2008.04)
CPC B60K 26/021 (2013.01) [B60K 28/10 (2013.01); G05G 5/02 (2013.01); G05G 5/03 (2013.01); G05G 5/06 (2013.01); B60K 2026/023 (2013.01); G05G 1/38 (2013.01); G05G 1/44 (2013.01); G05G 2505/00 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An accelerator device comprising:
at least one drive source;
a pedal lever configured to move according to a pedal depressing operation; and
a power transmission mechanism configured to transmit a force, which is caused by driving the drive source, to the pedal lever in both a closing direction and an opening direction of the pedal lever; and
a locking mechanism configured to regulate movement of the pedal lever;
wherein the locking mechanism is configured to be driven by the drive source that is for an adjusting reaction force exerted to the pedal lever.