Patent ID: 8661933

Claim:
A brake pedal crash safety device for a vehicle comprising: a first vehicle body component: a brake pedal arm rotatably mounted to the first vehicle body component about a pivot point, the brake pedal arm having a first locking element having a circular arc; a second vehicle body component; a second locking element mounted to the second vehicle body component and mounted a predetermined distance from the first locking element such that a constant distance between the circular arc of the first locking element and the second locking element is maintained for any brake pedal position other than during a crash, and the constant distance allows for movement therebetween for adjusting a brake pedal arm position: and an external crash force applied to a front of the vehicle displaces the first vehicle body component toward the second vehicle body component and the predetermined distance between the first and second locking elements will be reduced irrespective of a current pedal position, thereby preventing further rotation of the brake pedal arm about the pivot point through interlocking of the first and second locking elements.