Patent ID: 7275614
Filing Date: 2007-10-02
Classification: B60R,B60T,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pedal support structure for a vehicle, comprising: a pedal unit including a pedal with a pad portion, a pedal bracket to rotatably support the pedal, and first and second contact portions, either one of the first and second contact portions being provided at the pedal and the other one being provided at the pedal bracket; a guide member supported at an instrument panel reinforcement of the vehicle and including first and second guide faces, the first and second guide faces being respectively configured so as to slant rearward and downward, the guide member being operative to guide said pedal unit, when said pedal bracket is moved backward, via a rearward-and-downward slide of said first contact portion on said first guide face and a rearward-and-downward slide of said second contact portion on said second guide face such that a position of said pedal unit changes in such a manner that said pad portion of said pedal is restrained from being moved backward, wherein said first and second contact portions and said first and second guide faces are configured such that said second contact portion contacts and slides on said second guide face after said first contact portion has started to slide on said first guide face as said pedal bracket is moved backward, said first and second contact portions are disposed separately in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and said first and second guide faces are disposed separately in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, said first and second contact portions are located so as to be offset from each other in a vehicle width direction and said first and second guide faces are located so as to be offset from each other in the vehicle width direction as well corresponding to locations of said first and second contact portions, whereby said first and second contact portions and said first and second guide faces can be located substantially horizontally.