Patent ID: 7191681

Claim:
An operating pedal supporting device in an automobile, which supports an operating pedal for operating an operating apparatus mounted to a front face of a dashboard of the automobile at a side of a rear face of the dashboard, comprising: a first bracket fixedly provided at the dashboard; a second bracket spaced rearward from the dashboard and fixedly provided at a strength member of the automobile; impact releasing means configured to connect the first and second brackets to each other, but configured to release connection of the first bracket and the second bracket and to allow rearward displacement of the first bracket when the first bracket receives excessive rearward load from a side of the dashboard; and a control lever supported at the first and second brackets via first and second pivots and supporting an upper end portion of the operating pedal via a third pivot, wherein, at a time of the rearward displacement of the first bracket, the operating pedal is configured to rotate so as to move a tread portion of the operating pedal forward following swing of the control lever, and wherein the impact releasing means is a shear pin that connects connection portions placed in substantially a horizontal direction of the first and second brackets.