Patent ID: 7077028

Claim:
A pedal retraction amount control apparatus for a vehicle which has a dash panel which separates a passenger compartment from a front compartment; a damper housing provided in the front compartment; and a pedal rotatably supported by a pivot and including a tread portion at a lower part thereof, below the pivot; the pedal retraction amount control apparatus comprising: a pushing member of which one end is connected to the damper housing while another end extends from the front compartment to the passenger compartment through a through hole formed in the dash panel; and a control bracket which is arranged between the pushing member and the pedal, and has a receiving section and a push section, wherein: the receiving section has a face for receiving the pushing member in a surface contact state; a main plate having said face thereon; a connecting portion rotatably connecting the control bracket to the dash panel; and plates extending in a forward direction of the vehicle from all the edges of the main plate such that said face reliably receives the rearwards movement of the pushing member; and the push section fixed to a rear side of the receiving section so that an inclined face thereof faces an upper part of the pedal above the pivot, and wherein: a rearwards movement or a deformation of the damper housing is directly transferred to the pedal through the pushing member and the control bracket, so as to press the upper part of the pedal, above the pivot in the rearward direction of the vehicle; and said plates surround around said another end of the pushing member when the another end pushes said face.