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US-12617375-B2 - Operation pedal device for vehicle

US12617375B2US 12617375 B2US12617375 B2US 12617375B2US-12617375-B2

Abstract

When a dash panel P is displaced toward the rear of a vehicle upon vehicle collision, a small collision lever 60 is displaced to a release position at which a load corresponding to contact of a collision bracket 200 with a second contact portion 60 A is applied to a swaging pin 15 . When fixation between a rotation lever 50 and a second arm 40 via the small collision lever 60 by the swaging pin 15 is released, a step portion 21 is displaced to the vehicle front side.

Inventors

  • Takuya Katayama

Assignees

  • TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.

Dates

Publication Date
20260505
Application Date
20220907
Priority Date
20211006

Claims (7)

  1. 1 . A vehicular operation pedal device, comprising: a support member fixed to a first vehicle component; an operation pedal mechanism provided on the support member and having a step portion that is rotatable relative to the support member and an operation lever that rotates toward a vehicle front side when the step portion is stepped on toward the vehicle front side; a rotation lever having a first contact portion extending to a vehicle rear side, supported on a vehicle lower side with respect to the first contact portion by a first rotation shaft portion so as to be rotatable toward the vehicle front side relative to the operation lever, and holding an operating rod protruding to the vehicle rear side from the first vehicle component; a differential lever having a second contact portion extending to the vehicle rear side and supported on the vehicle lower side with respect to the second contact portion so as to be rotatable toward the vehicle front side relative to the rotation lever by a second rotation shaft portion; a fixing member that fixes the differential lever and the operation lever, wherein the differential lever is, when fixed to the operation lever by the fixing member, at a restriction position at which the second contact portion protrudes to the vehicle rear side beyond the first contact portion of the rotation lever, and a coupling member fixed to a tip end of the operating rod; and a holding member holding the coupling member on the rotation lever, wherein the operation lever has a clearance hole, the holding member holds the coupling member on the rotation lever in a state of being housed in the clearance hole of the operation lever, the first rotation shaft portion is positioned on a vehicle upper side with respect to a line segment in a direction in which the operating rod extends when the differential lever is at the restriction position and the step portion is at an initial position at which stepping operation is not performed on the step portion, when the first vehicle component is displaced toward the vehicle rear side upon vehicle collision, a second vehicle component positioned on the vehicle rear side with respect to the first vehicle component contacts the second contact portion, so that the second contact portion is positioned on the vehicle front side with respect to the first contact portion, and the differential lever is displaced to a release position at which a load corresponding to contact of the second vehicle component with the second contact portion is applied to the fixing member, and fixation between the differential lever and the operation lever by the fixing member is released, so that the second vehicle component contacts the first contact portion and the rotation lever rotates toward the vehicle front side at the first rotation shaft portion.
  2. 2 . The vehicular operation pedal device according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing member has an engagement shaft portion penetrating through the operation lever in a vehicle width direction, and a cutout provided in the differential lever and cut out on the vehicle front side, and the fixing member fixes the differential lever and the operation lever by engagement of the engagement shaft portion with the cutout.
  3. 3 . The vehicular operation pedal device according to claim 2 , wherein a position of the engagement shaft portion is set such that a straight line connecting the first rotation shaft portion and the engagement shaft portion and a straight line connecting the second rotation shaft portion and the engagement shaft portion are perpendicular to each other when the differential lever is at the restriction position.
  4. 4 . The vehicular operation pedal device according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing member has an engagement shaft portion penetrating through the differential lever in a vehicle width direction, and a cutout provided in the operation lever and cut out on the vehicle rear side, and the fixing member fixes the differential lever and the operation lever by engagement of the engagement shaft portion with the cutout.
  5. 5 . The vehicular operation pedal device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a pedal force detection device having a swing lever that swings in response to reactive force from the operating rod and a pedal force switch that detects a pedal force applied to the step portion based on a swing amount of the swing lever, wherein the holding member holds the coupling member on the rotation lever such that the coupling member swings in a direction in which the reactive force from the operating rod is applied, and the swing lever is swingably held by the holding member together with the coupling member.
  6. 6 . The vehicular operation pedal device according to claim 1 , wherein the operation lever has, at an end portion on a vehicle upper side, an offset portion extending so as to be offset to the vehicle rear side with respect to the first rotation shaft portion, and the fixing member is positioned at the offset portion.
  7. 7 . A vehicular operation pedal device, comprising: a support member fixed to a first vehicle component; an operation pedal mechanism provided on the support member and having a step portion that is rotatable relative to the support member and an operation lever that rotates toward a vehicle front side when the step portion is stepped on toward the vehicle front side; a rotation lever having a first contact portion extending to a vehicle rear side, supported on a vehicle lower side with respect to the first contact portion by a first rotation shaft portion so as to be rotatable toward the vehicle front side relative to the operation lever, and holding an operating rod protruding to the vehicle rear side from the first vehicle component; a differential lever having a second contact portion extending to the vehicle rear side and supported on the vehicle lower side with respect to the second contact portion so as to be rotatable toward the vehicle front side relative to the rotation lever by a second rotation shaft portion; and a fixing member that fixes the differential lever and the operation lever, wherein the differential lever is, when fixed to the operation lever by the fixing member, at a restriction position at which the second contact portion protrudes to the vehicle rear side beyond the first contact portion of the rotation lever, the fixing member has an engagement shaft portion penetrating through the operation lever in a vehicle width direction, and a cutout provided in the differential lever and cut out on the vehicle front side, the fixing member fixes the differential lever and the operation lever by engagement of the engagement shaft portion with the cutout, and a position of the engagement shaft portion is set such that a straight line connecting the first rotation shaft portion and the engagement shaft portion and a straight line connecting the second rotation shaft portion and the engagement shaft portion are perpendicular to each other when the differential lever is at the restriction position.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a vehicular operation pedal device, which suppresses a step portion of an operation pedal mechanism from moving back to a vehicle rear side when a vehicle component is displaced to the vehicle rear side due to a vehicle collision (hereinafter, it is referred to as “prevention of backward movement of the step portion of the operation pedal mechanism upon vehicle collision”). BACKGROUND ART Patent Literature 1 describes a vehicular operation pedal device, which realizes prevention of backward movement of a step portion. The vehicular operation pedal device includes a support member, the step portion, an operation pedal, a rotation lever holding an operating rod, and a fixing member. The rotation lever is supported by a rotation shaft member so as to be rotatable relative to the operation pedal, and is fixed to the operation pedal by the fixing member. Upon vehicle collision, a first vehicle component to which the support member is fixed moves back to a vehicle rear side, and the rotation lever contacts a second vehicle component. Accordingly, a predetermined load acts on the fixing member via the rotation lever, and the fixing member releases the fixation between the rotation lever and the operation pedal. With this configuration, the rotation lever rotates to the vehicle front side, preventing the step portion from moving back to the vehicle rear side. CITATION LIST Patent Literature Patent Literature 1: JP-A-2020-095373 SUMMARY OF INVENTION Problems to be Solved by Invention In the vehicular operation pedal device described in Patent Literature 1, it is necessary to make a load for releasing the fixation between the rotation lever and the operation pedal by the fixing member greater than a load applied to the fixing member when stepping operation is performed on the step portion. For this reason, it is necessary to design, e.g., the rotation shaft position and shape of each lever in consideration of two loads which are a load applied to the fixing member via the rotation lever by the stepping operation relative to the step portion and a load applied to the fixing member via the rotation lever upon vehicle collision. Thus, there is a concern that the degree of flexibility in design for a vehicular operation pedal device is lowered. The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicular operation pedal device, which is configured so that the degree of flexibility in design can be enhanced in the vehicular operation pedal device that achieves prevention of backward movement of a step portion of an operation pedal mechanism upon vehicle collision. Solution to Problems A vehicular operation pedal device as disclosed in the present specification to solve the above-mentioned problem includes a support member fixed to a first vehicle component, an operation pedal mechanism provided on the support member and having a step portion that is rotatable relative to the support member and an operation lever that rotates toward a vehicle front side when the step portion is stepped on toward the vehicle front side, a rotation lever having a first contact portion extending to a vehicle rear side, supported on a vehicle lower side with respect to the first contact portion by a first rotation shaft portion so as to be rotatable toward the vehicle front side relative to the operation lever, and holding an operating rod protruding to the vehicle rear side from the first vehicle component, a differential lever having a second contact portion extending to the vehicle rear side and supported on the vehicle lower side with respect to the second contact portion so as to be rotatable toward the vehicle front side relative to the rotation lever by a second rotation shaft portion, and a fixing member that fixes the differential lever and the operation lever. The differential lever is, when fixed to the operation lever by the fixing member, at a restriction position at which the second contact portion protrudes to the vehicle rear side beyond the first contact portion of the rotation lever. When the first vehicle component is displaced toward the vehicle rear side upon vehicle collision, a second vehicle component positioned on the vehicle rear side with respect to the first vehicle component contacts the second contact portion, so that the second contact portion is positioned on the vehicle front side with respect to the first contact portion, and the differential lever is displaced to a release position at which a load corresponding to contact of the second vehicle component with the second contact portion is applied to the fixing member, and fixation between the differential lever and the operation lever by the fixing member is released, so that the second vehicle component contacts the first contact portion and the rotation lever rotates toward the vehicle front side at the first rotation shaft por