US 12,145,441 B2
Pedal device
Soichi Kinouchi, Kariya (JP); Takuto Kita, Kariya (JP); Kiyoshi Kimura, Kariya (JP); Tetsuo Hariu, Kariya (JP); Yuusuke Yoshida, Kariya (JP); Etsugo Yanagida, Kariya (JP); Daisuke Hokuto, Kariya (JP); and Takehiro Saito, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/176,069.
Application 18/176,069 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/028969, filed on Aug. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-148869 (JP), filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202297 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 26/02 (2006.01); B60T 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 26/02 (2013.01) [B60T 7/042 (2013.01); B60K 2026/026 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/412 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pedal device to be mounted on a vehicle, the pedal device comprising:
a brake pedal which is operated to be depressed by a leg of a passenger and an operation amount of a depressing operation is transmitted as an electrical signal;
an accelerator pedal which is operated to be depressed by a leg of a passenger and an operation amount of a depressing operation is transmitted as an electrical signal;
a support member which is connected with the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal, respectively, and supports the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal so as to be able to swing in response to a depressing operation by a leg of a passenger; and
an adjusting device which adjusts a position or a posture of a pedal unit including the brake pedal, the accelerator pedal and the support member;
herein the adjusting device includes:
a screw actuator extending along a front-year direction of the vehicle;
a motor which rotates the screw actuator;
a front-rear moving member which has a nut portion screwed into the screw actuator and a support member connecting portion and is movably supported in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; and
a guide member which is formed with a guide hole penetrating or being depressed in a right-left direction of the vehicle, wherein
the guide hole extends with respect to the front-rear direction of the vehicle so that the more a front side of the vehicle is, the more on an up side of the vehicle, and wherein
the support member has a guided shaft fitted in the guide hole, and is connected to the support member connecting portion so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis which is positioned on a rear side of the vehicle relative to the guided shaft and extends in the right-left direction of the vehicle, and wherein
the guide hole determines a position of the guided shaft in an up-down direction of the the vehicle.