Patent ID: 7775555
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: B60K,B60R,B60T,G05G

Abstract:
1. A vehicle comprising, in combination: a first vehicle structure; a pedal pivotably connected to the first vehicle structure for pivoting movement in a normal operating range between a rearward position and a forward position; a control attachment operably connecting the pedal to a vehicle system to be controlled for transmitting normal operating loads therebetween; a second vehicle structure located rearward of the pedal; an engagement bracket operably connected to the pedal and sized and shaped to engage the second vehicle structure upon rearward movement of the pedal in a rearward direction during a vehicle frontal collision; wherein there is a constant distance between the engagement bracket and the second vehicle structure in the forward-rearward direction as the pedal pivots between the rearward position and the forward position; wherein the control attachment operably connected to the engagement bracket to disengage the control attachment from the pedal so that the pedal pivots independent of the control attachment when the engagement bracket strikes the second vehicle structure with a predetermined force; and wherein the engagement bracket is secured to the pedal with a frangible connection that breaks at the predetermined force.