Patent ID: 6332374
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: B60K,G01D,Y10T

Abstract:
A mount for an accelerator pedal of a vehicle, comprising:a fixed member having a boss and fixed on the side of a vehicle body of the vehicle;a rotary member which has a shaft rotatably fitted in the boss of the fixed member the rotary member being connected to the accelerator pedal to rotate in response to pressing and returning operations of the accelerator pedal;a torsion spring, interposed in a position fitted on the boss of the fixed member between the fixed member and the rotary member, for urging the rotary member into rotation relative to the fixed member in a direction of the returning operation of the accelerator pedal by torque of the torsion spring; anda cylindrical resin member having a cylindrical surface which is interposed between the boss of the fixed member and the torsion spring to rotate as a unit with the rotary member, wherein the cylindrical surface is positioned directly adjacent tho boss and is pressed against the boss by a reaction of the torque of the torsion spring to create sliding resistance to the boss during the rotation of the rotary member.