摘要 |
A safety device for supporting a pedal in a motor vehicle and which includes a bearing support for supporting a pedal shaft of the pedal and arranged between a wall portion of a front wall of the motor vehicle, which is noticeably deformed inward into a passenger compartment during a frontal collision of the motor vehicle, and a cross-member which is located in the passenger compartment in a spaced relationship with respect to the front wall, is secured to a motor vehicle body, and does not substantially change a spacial position thereof during the frontal collision, the bearing support including radially open bearing slot in which the pedal shaft is supported, and an element for lifting the pedal shaft of the bearing slot of the bearing support in case of the frontal collision. |