| 摘要 |
A vehicle-pedal backward-displacement preventing device including: (a) a pedal bracket (14) having side plates (30, 32) each including (a-i) a front end at which the pedal bracket is attached to the dash panel (12) and (a-ii) a bulge (30a, 32a) which protrudes in a protruding direction away from the other of the side plates; (b) an operating pedal (18) disposed pivotably about a support shaft (16) bridging the side plates, and having a depressible portion (20) provided by its lower end portion; and (c) a guide member (44, 46) disposed in relation to an upper end portion of the pedal bracket and a vehicle body member (38), and restraining the depressible portion of the operating pedal from being displaced toward a driver's seat, upon displacement of the pedal bracket toward the driver's seat. The guide member causes the upper end portion of the pedal bracket to be downwardly displaced, as a result of displacement of the pedal bracket relative to the vehicle body member, whereby the pedal bracket is deformed with the side plates being made to buckle, so as to restrain the displacement of the depressible portion of the operating pedal toward the driver's seat. Each side plate has an aperture (48, 50) located in its region which includes a crest portion of the bulge, such that a strength of each side plate against a load is reduced most in the crest portion, so that each side plate can be made to buckle with the crest portion being displaced in the above-described protruding direction. |
