Patent ID: 7665385

Claim:
A brake pedal comprising: a pedal pad unit adapted for receiving a foot force from an operator; and a pedal lever unit rotatably supported on a lateral side of a vehicle body at a proximal end thereof and extending obliquely toward an upper front from the proximal end for pivotally supporting the pedal pad unit at a distal end thereof; wherein the pedal pad unit includes a pair of flat depressing surface forming portions adapted to be covered by a cover on a front face on which an operator depresses the pedal pad unit and a mounting portion extending from an edge of each of the flat depressing surface forming portions in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the flat depressing surface forming portions, the mounting portions being pivotally mounted via a pin, respectively, directly against front and rear sides of the distal end of the pedal lever unit, and wherein each of said flat depressing surface forming portions is integrally formed with one of the mounting portions, wherein an axial length of the pin extends in the front to back direction of the pedal pad unit, wherein a pivotal motion of the pedal pad unit with respect to the pedal lever unit is determined by abutment of a connecting portion of the pedal pad unit against an abutting portion formed on the distal end of the pedal lever unit.