Patent ID: 6786109
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: B60R,B60T,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
A safety device for the support of a pedal in a motor vehicle, with a bracket support arranged in a wall area of a splash wall or bulkhead that is noticeably deformed into a passenger compartment in the event of a vehicle head-on collision; a pedal pivot shaft of at least one swivelling pedal acting on a push rod being mounted in the bracket support, wherein the pedal pivot shaft is mounted in the bracket support in a guide extending approximately horizontally, the guide having limits in each horizontal direction; and the pedal pivot shaft in normal operation being fixed in a forward position of the guide directly by a fixing, viewed in a forward direction of travel, and the fixing being neutralized and thereby releasing the pedal pivot shaft to move from the forward position in the event of a head-on collision.