Patent ID: 8738261
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: B60K,B60T,B60W,G05G

Abstract:
1. An accelerator pedal apparatus, comprising: an accelerator pedal; a hysteresis generating mechanism to generate hysteresis in response to pedaling force applied to the accelerator pedal; a reaction force adding mechanism to add reaction force in a state of having the hysteresis generated by the hysteresis generating mechanism to push back the accelerator pedal toward a rest position; and a controller to perform drive control of the reaction force adding mechanism; wherein the controller is configured to perform drive control of the reaction force adding mechanism so that reaction force is added during depressing of the accelerator pedal under a predetermined condition and reaction force is added during returning of the accelerator pedal under the predetermined condition as the reaction force being quantity of the hysteresis is added to the quantity of the reaction force to be felt as being added during return operation.