US 12,455,587 B2
Pedal device for vehicle
Masataka Nakane, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD., Toyota (JP)
Appl. No. 18/294,143
Filed by TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD., Toyota (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 8, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/041581
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 31, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/085274, PCT Pub. Date May 19, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-183066 (JP), filed on Nov. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0338047 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. G05G 1/44 (2008.04)
CPC G05G 1/44 (2013.01) 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle pedal device, comprising:
a hollow pedal;
a clevis; and
a pin, wherein
the hollow pedal is formed by joining a first component with a second component with a gap in between,
the clevis is configured to transmit movement of the hollow pedal to another device,
the pin is rotatably connected to the clevis and extends through a first hole formed in the first component and a second hole formed in the second component,
the first hole is formed to have an inner diameter that corresponds to an outer diameter of the pin,
the second hole includes an inner surface that includes a contact surface, the contact surface being configured to receive a reaction force from the pin when a user depresses the hollow pedal, thereby aligning a location of a rear end of the pin with a location of a rear end of an inner peripheral surface of the first hole in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, and
the second hole defines a void space inside the second hole, the void space being located frontward in the front-rear direction of the vehicle from the pin extending through the second hole.