Patent ID: 9261895
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G05G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle operation pedal apparatus comprising: an elongate hollow pedal arm disposed in an up-down direction of a vehicle and provided with a pedal sheet which is disposed at a lower end portion of the hollow pedal arm and which is to be depressed toward a front side of the vehicle, such that a pedal operating force applied to the hollow pedal arm is transmitted to an output member which is to be connected to the hollow pedal arm and which is to be pivotable relative to the hollow pedal arm; and a plate-shaped connection plate including a connecting portion which is to be connected to the output member and which is to be pivotable relative to the output member, the plate-shaped connection plate being fixed integrally with the hollow pedal arm, the hollow pedal arm being formed of a pair of a front half and a rear half each having a U-shaped section, which are two members split along an up-down longitudinal direction of the hollow pedal arm and located respectively on front and rear sides with respect to the vehicle, and the halves being combined with each other, such that the halves are jointed, at side end portions thereof located on respective sides in a width direction of the vehicle, to each other, with opening sides of the front half and rear half facing each other, thereby forming a hollow tubular shape; the front half and the rear half having a slit-shaped first through-hole and a slit-shaped second through-hole, respectively; and the connection plate being passed through the hollow pedal arm in a front-rear direction of the vehicle through the first through-hole and the second through-hole.