Patent ID: 6920385

Claim:
An accelerator pedal device for a vehicle, comprising: an accelerator pedal; an accelerator pedal reaction force control device for controlling reaction force to be applied to the accelerator pedal; a selection device for selecting a first characteristic or a second characteristic of reaction force to be applied to the accelerator pedal; and a reaction force application device, responsive to the selection device, for applying reaction force to the accelerator pedal according to the first characteristic while the accelerator pedal reaction force control device is activated and applying reaction force to the accelerator pedal according to the second characteristic while the accelerator pedal reaction force control device is inactive; wherein at least said first characteristic is determined by the accelerator pedal reaction force control device as a function of a running situation of the vehicle and the operating condition of the vehicle; and wherein one of said first characteristic and said second characteristic has substantially less hysteresis than the other of said first characteristic and said second characteristic.