| 摘要 |
The present apparatus comprises an accelerator pedal 10, a pedal arm 20, a pedal shaft 30 which supports the pedal arm 20 free to swing, a return spring 40, a friction generating mechanism 50 which generates friction force in accordance with the movement of the pedal arm 20, an accelerator position sensor 60 and a control segment 70 which controls an opening of a throttle valve 110 in accordance with an output signal of the sensor 60, wherein a play range in which friction force equal to or larger than a specific level is not generated is set to the friction generating mechanism in the range where the pedal arm moves from the resting position by a specific amount, and in the play range, an output signal of the accelerator position sensor 60 is kept constant resulting in that the throttle valve is kept at a specific opening. In this manner, desirable operating feeling without unsuitable feeling with the accelerator pedal operation is obtained while the accelerator apparatus is being compact and so on. <IMAGE> |
