Patent ID: 8887857

Claim:
A safety arrangement for a vehicle pedal, comprising: a pedal structure comprising a pedal arm with an elongated shape for carrying a pedal plate and a bracket, the bracket fixedly connected to said pedal arm; a pedal hub residing in a passage in the pedal structure, the pedal hub arranged to transfer a movement of the pedal structure to a vehicular system, the pedal structure being in a first position relative to the pedal hub during normal operation of the pedal structure, the pedal structure displaceable from the first position relative to the pedal hub to a second position relative to the pedal hub, and where the pedal structure is completely operatively decoupled from the pedal hub when in the second position; and a release device which abuts against the pedal hub outside of the bracket, the release device pivotally coupled to the pedal structure by a release pivot axis passing through an opening in the pedal structure, the opening located below the passage.