Patent ID: 9283845
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B60K,F02D,G05G

Claim Text:
1. An accelerator apparatus comprising: a support member that is installable to a body of a vehicle; an accelerator pedal that is rotatably supported by the support member; a rotational angle sensing device that senses a rotational angle of the accelerator pedal relative to the support member; a resistance force application device that applies a rotational resistance force to the accelerator pedal such that the rotational resistance force is increased when a rotational angle of the accelerator pedal from an accelerator-full-closing position of the accelerator pedal is increased; a first urging device that urges the accelerator pedal in an accelerator closing direction through the resistance force application device; and a second urging device that urges the accelerator pedal in the accelerator closing direction without using the resistance force application device, wherein: a first ratio is defined as a value that is obtained by dividing an urging force of the first urging device at an accelerator-full-opening time by an urging force of the first urging device at an accelerator-full-closing time; a second ratio is defined as a value that is obtained by dividing an urging force of the second urging device at the accelerator-full-opening time by an urging force of the second urging device at the accelerator-full-closing time; and the second ratio is smaller than the first ratio.