CRASH-SAFE PEDALS IN A VEHICLE

摘要

The present invention relates to a pedal assembly for automotive vehicles. The aim of the invention is to prevent the pedal lever (4) from hitting the leg (13) of the driver when a crash occurs, due to displacement of the actuating rod (11) of the brake booster (9). This object is achieved by preventing the pedal lever (4) from rotating in opposition to the direction of actuation. Several measures are proposed to this end. One of said measures consists in exclusively allowing forces to the transmitted in one direction of actuation, which may be effected with the aid of a tie rod (14) that is unable to transmit any pressure forces. Another suggestion aims at mounting the pedal lever on a separately arranged transverse bar (21) rather than on the splashboard (5) as before.