US 11,852,473 B2
Vehicle operation pedal device
Tomohiro Tsuguma, Aichi (JP); Jyunya Abe, Aichi (JP); Masashi Momiyama, Aichi (JP); Kota Saito, Aichi (JP); and Naoya Yoshizawa, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD., Aichi (JP); and AISIN CORPORATION, Aichi (JP)
Appl. No. 17/755,232
Filed by TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD., Aichi (JP); and AISIN CORPORTAION, Aichi (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/039858
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/085322, PCT Pub. Date May 6, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-198084 (JP), filed on Oct. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0373319 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G01B 7/30 (2006.01); G05G 1/44 (2008.04)
CPC G01B 7/30 (2013.01) [G05G 1/44 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle operating pedal apparatus comprising:
a pair of support members fixed to a vehicle member, the pair of support members facing each other;
an operating pedal provided at one end with a tubular boss for the pedal, the operating pedal being supported between the pair of support members in such a manner as to be pivotable on a pivot axis member that is inserted into holes provided in the support members and the boss;
an angle sensor configured to detect the angle of rotation of the operating pedal, the angle sensor including:
a Hall device provided on an inner side between the pair of support members; and
a magnet provided at the one end of the operating pedal, facing the Hall device, the Hall device being configured to detect the magnetic field of the magnet;
a device holder to which the Hall device is fixed, the device holder being attached to the support member;
a magnet holder to which the magnet is fixed, the magnet holder being attached to the one end of the operating pedal; and
a cover jutting out from the device holder or the magnet holder, the cover being disposed in at least part of a gap across which the Hall device and the magnet face each other, and of an outer space.