Patent ID: 9465403
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G05G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A pedal device comprising: a housing to be mounted to a vehicle; a pedal arm rotatably supported by the housing and to be pressed by a driver of the vehicle in a pressing direction, the pedal arm passing through an opening of the housing; a biasing portion biasing the pedal arm in an opposite direction opposite from the pressing direction; and a stopper having a contact face that contacts an edge of the opening of the housing to limit a rotation range of the pedal arm in the opposite direction, wherein the stopper is defined by a protrusion protruding from an outer wall of the pedal arm in said opposite direction, and wherein a groove is defined in the protrusion such that the groove extends from the contact face and is inclined downward in a gravity direction when the contact face of the stopper contacts the edge of the housing, wherein the groove has a first side opening in the contact face of the stopper, a second side opening in an outer wall face of the stopper, the outer wall face of the stopper being located adjacent and below the contact face of the stopper, and a bottom face extending from the contact face to the outer wall face, wherein the bottom face is inclined downward in the gravity direction when the contact face contacts the edge of the housing, and wherein the bottom face is defined on the same plane as an outer wall of the pedal arm.