Patent ID: 6615685
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B60R,B60T,B62D,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
An automotive pedal support structure comprising:an operating pedal disposed behind a dash panel of an automotive vehicle; a steering shaft including a universal joint disposed in the proximity of said operating pedal; and a first bracket comprising a pair of first side wall portions spaced apart with each other in the vehicular width direct n, a second side wall portion, and at least one connecting portion which connects said pair of first side wall portions in the vehicular width direction, said first bracket being mounted to said dash panel so as to extend rearwardly and being positioned generally at the same height as said universal joint, said second side wall portion being provided in a rear end of one of said pair of first said wall portions extending rearwardly and away from said universal joint, said second side wall portion being at a substantially same position in the longitudinal direction as said universal joint of the steering shaft; wherein said operating pedal is positioned in front of said universal joint and rotatably pivoted to said first bracket between said pair of first side wall portions and opposite to said universal joint with respect to said first bracket; and said universal joint is positioned oppositely to said operating pedal with respect to either one of said first side all portions of said first bracket, said universal joint being arranged so that during an automotive frontal collision, said universal joint moves in the longitudinal direction relative to said first bracket while contacting one of said first and said second side wall portions of said first bracket with a rearward movement of said dash panel.