Patent ID: 6070492
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
A pedal for a motor vehicle, comprising:a pedal support;a pedal plate having a rear side with a closed eyelet and a clip, and said pedal plate having lateral border regions and another border region, said another border region being oriented away from the pedal support;a pedal bar having one end pivotably retained in said pedal support and a free end fastened to the pedal plate;in a plane parallel to a plane of the pedal plate, said free end of the pedal bar has a retaining region which comprises two parallel legs extending in said lateral border regions of the pedal plate, and a base connecting said legs and extending in said another border region of the pedal plate;wherein one of said legs forms the free end of the pedal bar and extends into said closed eyelet on the rear side of the pedal plate; andwherein said clip on the rear side of said pedal plate is located spaced from an axis of the eyelet, and said pedal bar is latched onto said clip; andwherein the pedal plate further comprises a peripheral frame web which projects at said rear side of the pedal plate and forms an outer border of the pedal plate, and at said rear side of the pedal plate, flush with said eyelet, said frame web has a recess open at said rear side and adapted for receiving said one of said legs for being pushed into the eyelet during fastening of said pedal bar to said pedal plate; andwherein, at said rear side of the pedal plate and at a top region of the pedal plate, said pedal bar extends approximately centrally with respect to the pedal plate, and said pedal bar has an angled section thereof which is directed toward one of said lateral borders of the pedal plate, said pedal bar extending from said angled section into said retaining region, said retaining region being U-shaped.