Patent ID: 7201082
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An automobile pedal supporting structure for an operation pedal disposed behind a dash panel of an automobile, comprising: a first bracket having front and rear ends which allow the first bracket to be removed from a vehicle-side member by a crash load on a front side of the automobile, the front end of the first bracket being fixed on the dash panel and the rear end of the first bracket being fixed on the vehicle-side member which is more rigid than the dash panel a second bracket, being substantially wrapped with the first bracket to pivotally support the operation pedal by a frontal lower pivotal point, and having a front-end lower part being pivotally attached to the first bracket so as to allow the second bracket to swing and a rear-end upper part being fixed on the vehicle-side member through the rear end of the first bracket so as to allow the second bracket to be removed from the vehicle-side member by the crash load on the front side of the automobile extending from the vehicle-side member through the rear-end outside of the first bracket to the upper part of the second bracket so as to promote a turn of the second bracket toward the vehicle-lower side as a result of a backward movement of the first bracket toward the vehicle-rear side caused by the crash load on the front side of the automobile; and a pedal supporting shaft provided on the second bracket such that the pedal supporting shaft extends through an upper area of the second bracket, wherein the turn promoting member includes a wire member having connected ends one of which is connected to the pedal supporting shaft and the other to the vehicle-side member.