Patent ID: 7296494

Claim:
An accelerator pedal module ( 1 ) for controlling the power of a driving engine, in particular an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, comprising, a bearing block ( 4 ); a pedal lever ( 2 ) held rotatably about a pivot axis ( 20 ) by means of a pivot connection on the bearing block ( 4 ); bearing block stop means ( 30 ) on the bearing block; pedal lever stop means ( 58 ) on the pedal lever in position to engage the bearing block stop means ( 30 ), wherein said pivot connection is established by relative rotation about said pivot axis between the pedal lever ( 2 ) and the bearing block ( 4 ) at a point of relative rotation at which the pedal lever stop means slides past said bearing block stop means from a position in front of said bearing block stop means to a position behind said bearing block stop means; and elastically deformable means for elastically deforming in a region of at least one of said bearing block stop means or said pedal lever stop means during establishment of said pivot connection thereby allowing said pedal lever stop means to slide past said bearing block stop means during deformation of said elastically deformable means and after springing back from deformation said pedal lever stop means engages behind said bearing block stop means, wherein the pedal lever stop means ( 58 ) and the bearing block stop means ( 30 ) have a geometry which prevents the pivot connection, once completed, from being undone, wherein at least the bearing block stop means has at least one wedge ( 30 ) protruding in a direction of the pivot axis, such that an inclined wedge face ( 32 ) of said wedge ( 30 ) extends from the bearing block to form a step ( 34 ) at an end of the inclined wedge face ( 32 ), wherein the wedge face ( 32 ) is operative in the direction of the relative rotation provided for establishing the pivot connection, and wherein the step ( 34 ) is operative in the opposite direction.