Patent ID: 8196695

Claim:
A brake pedal device for reducing a collision injury, comprising: a brake pedal releasably installed in a pedal mounting bracket mounted on a vehicle body; a hinge shaft removably received in a first joining slot formed in the pedal mounting bracket, wherein the brake pedal is pivotally mounted to the pedal mounting bracket when the hinge shaft is located in the first joining slot; a brake switch bracket supporting a brake switch and pivotally mounted on the pedal mounting bracket; a stopper shaft removably received in an upper mounting bracket fixed to the vehicle body; a fixing protrusion provided in the brake switch bracket that releasably locates the brake switch bracket in a first joining hole of the pedal mounting bracket; and a hitching slot formed in an upper end of the brake pedal engaging the stopper shaft to hinder rotation of the brake pedal during collision as the brake pedal rotates toward a driver.