| 摘要 |
Apparatus ( 1 ) for permitting release of a motor vehicle foot pedal, in a frontal crash, having a primary pedal arm ( 12 ) carrying a foot pad ( 14 ) and a secondary pedal arm ( 2 ) linked to the primary pedal arm ( 12 ) and provided at its lower end an open aperture ( 5 ) to receive a portion of a linkage pin ( 17 ). A trigger lever ( 6 ) is mounted on the secondary pedal arm ( 15 ) to be struck in a crash situation, and displaced, by a non-deformable portion ( 20 ) of a motor vehicle. The trigger lever ( 6 ) is provided at its other end with an open aperture ( 10 ) also to receive the linkage pin ( 17 ) and, in normal operation of the arrangement, to captivate the linkage pin ( 17 ) within the open aperture ( 5 ). A shearable rivet ( 7 ) connects the trigger lever ( 6 ) and the secondary pedal arm ( 2 ), restraining displacement of the trigger lever ( 6 ) with respect to the secondary pedal arm ( 2 ) so as to retain captivation of the linkage pin ( 17 ) until a crash occurs.
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