Patent ID: 8806978
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: B60K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An accelerator device comprising: an accommodation part to be attached to a vehicle; a rotation shaft having a first end and a second end that are supported by the accommodation part; a pedal part including a rotation angle detector accommodated in an interior space of the accommodation part and detecting a rotation angle of the rotation shaft with respect to the accommodation part; a return mechanism part accommodated in the interior space of the accommodation part and biasing the rotation shaft to be rotated in a close direction opposite from the open direction; a seal member arranged in a clearance through which the interior space of the accommodation part communicates with an arm accommodation space accommodating the pedal arm, the seal member restricting a foreign matter from entering the interior space of the accommodation part; and wherein the arm accommodation space and the accommodation part are partitioned from each other by a first wall and a second wall perpendicular with each other, the first wall spreads in a direction perpendicular to the rotation shaft, the first wall has a through hole corresponding to the clearance, the rotation shaft passes through the through hole, and the seal member is arranged between a wall surface of the through hole and an outer wall of the rotation shaft.