Patent ID: 9003920
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B21D,B60T,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pedal arm comprising: an arm main body that is a tubular-shaped member formed by bending a plate member having a first end portion and a second end portion; a pedal pad portion provided on the arm main body; and a shaft portion provided on the arm main body, wherein the arm main body includes a first wall portion and a second wall portion facing each other in a first direction, and a third wall portion and a fourth wall portion facing each other in a second direction that is different from the first direction, wherein one of the first wall portion and the second wall portion includes an abutting portion which extends along an extending direction of the arm main body and at which the first end portion and the second end portion of the plate member are brought into contact with each other across an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the arm main body to define the tubular-shaped member, and the third wall portion and the fourth wall portion correspondingly include a first curved portion and a second curved portion, which are curved in parallel to each other with a same curvature along the extending direction of the arm main body, wherein a first depressed wall portion and a second depressed wall portion are correspondingly formed on the first curved portion and the second curved portion, which are formed in inward convex shapes, respectively, and at least parts of the first depressed wall portion and the second depressed wall portion are brought into contact with each other, wherein the first depressed wall portion includes a flat portion that extends to form the first curved portion in a middle of the first depressed wall portion, and the second depressed wall portion includes a flat portion that extends to form the second curved portion in a middle of the second depressed wall portion, and wherein the first depressed wall portion and the second depressed wall portion include respective bead portions disposed in a middle of the respective flat portions, and the first depressed wall portion and the second depressed wall portion are brought into contact with each other at the respective bead portions.