Patent ID: 8567283

Claim:
A vehicle operating pedal device including an operating pedal that is disposed on a pedal support fixed to a vehicle so that the operating pedal is pivoted around a support shaft axis, and that is depressed by a driver; a reaction force member to which operating force of the operating pedal is transmitted, and to which reaction force corresponding to the operating force is applied; a pivotal connecting portion disposed between the operating pedal and the reaction force member, or between the operating pedal and an intermediate member that transmits the operating force to the reaction force member, the pivotal connecting portion connecting the operating pedal and the reaction force member so that the operating pedal and the reaction force member are pivoted separately around a connecting pin that is parallel to the support shaft axis, or connecting the operating pedal and the intermediate member so that the operating pedal and the intermediate member are pivoted around the connecting pin separately, and the pivotal connecting portion transmitting the operating force through the connecting pin, the operating pedal having a hollow structure; paired through-holes being formed in paired side walls which form flat plates and are located on both sides in a vehicle width direction, parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to the support shaft axis, at positions on a straight line that is substantially parallel to the support shaft axis, in the pivotal connecting portion for the operating pedal; and the vehicle operating pedal device including a reinforcement member which has a form of a flat plate and is disposed between the paired side walls, a pin insertion hole is formed in the reinforcement member at a position corresponding to the paired through-holes, the connecting pin is inserted through the pin insertion hole, and the reinforcement member is integrally fixed to the paired side walls at a portion on an outer peripheral side of the pin insertion hole.