Patent ID: 7383752

Claim:
An operating pedal device for an automobile, comprising: an operating pedal having a depression portion at a lower end thereof and forward-rearward swingably supported on a pedal bracket connected to a dashboard, the operating pedal being connected to an input rod of an actuating device mounted to a front surface of the dashboard; an operating member which is opposed to a control lever forward swingably supported on the dashboard or the pedal bracket, the operating member being supported by a steering hanger beam in the rear of the control lever to swing the control lever forward in response to rearward movement of the dashboard upon frontal collision of the automobile; and a spring mounted between the pedal bracket and the control lever, wherein the operating pedal includes a fixed engagement pin brought into engagement with the control lever upon forward swing of the control lever to force forward swing of the operating pedal, wherein the dashboard and the steering hanger beam are portions of a vehicle body.