Patent ID: 6626061
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
An accelerator pedal device comprising:an accelerator pedal arm pivotally supported on a housing and tilted in response to accelerator manipulation; a liner formed on the accelerator pedal arm in the vicinity of a pivoting point of the accelerator pedal arm; a hysteresis lever having a resiliency, the hysteresis lever engaged with the housing to cross the accelerator pedal arm, the hysteresis lever including a sliding portion slidable on the liner; and a resilient member interposed between a side of the accelerator pedal arm opposite to an applied point of an accelerator manipulation force with respect to the pivoting point of the accelerator pedal arm and a side of the hysteresis lever opposite to a portion engaged with the housing with respect to the sliding portion, the resilient member elongating and contracting in response to tilting of the accelerator pedal arm to generate a reaction force against the accelerator manipulation force and a hysteresis load due to sliding between the liner and the sliding portion.