Patent ID: 8783129
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: B60K,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An accelerator apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: an accelerator pedal that is adapted to be depressed in a depressing direction by a driver of the vehicle; a support member that is adapted to be installed to the vehicle and rotatably supports the accelerator pedal, wherein: an urging member that urges the accelerator pedal in the opposite direction, which is opposite from the depressing direction; a rotational position sensor that senses a rotational position of the accelerator pedal; and a cover member that is provided to one of the support member and the accelerator pedal and covers the gap at any rotational position of the accelerator pedal within a rotatable range of the accelerator pedal, wherein: the accelerator pedal includes at least one groove that extends from an opposed surface of the contacting portion, which is opposed to the limiting portion, along the accelerator pedal in a direction opposite from the limiting portion; and at least an end part of the at least one groove, which is opposite from the limiting portion, is exposed from the cover member at any rotational position of the accelerator pedal within the rotatable range of the accelerator pedal.