Accelerator pedal for vehicle which has hysteresis

• US 10,654,361 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2019
• Issued: 05/19/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Han, Jong Hee, Hyun, Ki Chul, Kim, Hyeon UK
• Primary Examiner(s): Luong, Vinh
• Application Number:
  US16/387,770
• Publication Number:
  US 20190322173A1
• Time in Patent Office: 397 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 26/021 with means for providing feel, e.g. by changing pedal force characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 1/44 pivoting
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 2505/00 Means for preventing, limiting or returning the movements of parts of a control mechanism, e.g. locking controlling member
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 5/03 Means for enhancing the operator's awareness of arrival of the controlling member at a command or datum position; Providing feel, e.g. means for creating a counterforce arrangements for indicating the position of the controlling member G05G1/015

Abstract

An accelerator pedal for a vehicle, which has a hysteresis generation structure may be provided. The accelerator pedal for a vehicle includes: a housing; a cylindrical hinge which is connected to the housing; a main pedal arm which is coupled to one side of the hinge and rotates in a first direction in close contact with a first action point of the one side of the hinge when a predetermined force is applied; an auxiliary pedal arm which is coupled to the other side of the hinge and rotates in a second direction in close contact with a second action point of the other side of the hinge by an elastic force when the force applied to the main pedal arm is removed; and a spring which is coupled to a bottom of one end of the auxiliary pedal arm and applies the elastic force to the auxiliary pedal arm.

Claims

1. An accelerator pedal for a vehicle, the accelerator pedal comprising:

a housing;

a cylindrical hinge which is connected to the housing;

a main pedal arm which is coupled to one side of the hinge and rotates in a first direction in contact with a first action point of the one side of the hinge when a predetermined force is applied, wherein the first action point is located in a region within an outer circumference of the one side of the hinge in which friction occurs by contacting the main pedal arm and the hinge;

an auxiliary pedal arm which is coupled to another side of the hinge and rotates in a second direction in contact with a second action point of the other side of the hinge by an elastic force when the force applied to the main pedal arm is removed, wherein the second action point is located in a region within an outer circumference of the other side of the hinge in which friction occurs by contacting the auxiliary pedal arm and the hinge; and

a spring which is coupled to a bottom of one end of the auxiliary pedal arm and applies the elastic force to the auxiliary pedal arm;

wherein the main pedal arm comprises a receiving recess formed in a lower portion thereof fixed to the housing, and wherein the main pedal arm comprises through-holes to which the hinge is inserted and coupled and which are formed on both sides of the receiving recess; and

wherein the auxiliary pedal arm is inserted into the receiving recess, wherein an insertion recess to which the spring is inserted and coupled is formed in a lower portion of one end of the auxiliary pedal arm, and wherein a contact surface which has a predetermined curvature so as to come in contact with the outer circumference of the other side of the hinge is formed in an upper portion of the other end of the auxiliary pedal arm.

2. The accelerator pedal for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein, in the main pedal arm, the contact surface which has a predetermined curvature so as to come in contact with the outer circumference of the one side of the hinge is formed inside the receiving recess disposed between the through-holes to which the hinge is inserted and coupled.

3. The accelerator pedal for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein a protrusion is formed on one surface of the insertion recess formed in the auxiliary pedal arm, and wherein the protrusion is disposed to be inserted into the inside of the spring.

4. The accelerator pedal for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein an opening is formed above the through-holes formed in the main pedal arm, and wherein the other end of the auxiliary pedal arm is disposed to be inserted into the opening.

5. The accelerator pedal for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the main pedal arm transmits the force to the auxiliary pedal arm while rotating in the first direction in contact with the first action point of the hinge, so that the spring coupled to the bottom of the one end of the auxiliary pedal arm is compressed.

6. The accelerator pedal for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary pedal arm transmits the force to the main pedal arm while rotating in the second direction in contact with the second action point of the hinge by the elastic force of the coupled spring.

7. The accelerator pedal for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a first housing and a second housing, and wherein a protrusion to which the hinge is coupled is formed inside the first housing.

8. The accelerator pedal for a vehicle of claim 7, wherein a groove is formed on at least one side of the protrusion in a longitudinal direction of the protrusion, and wherein a projection which is inserted into the groove of the protrusion is formed inside the hinge.

9. An accelerator pedal for a vehicle, the accelerator pedal comprising:

a housing;

a cylindrical hinge which is connected to the housing;

a main pedal arm which is coupled to one side of the hinge and rotates in a first direction in contact with a first action point of the one side of the hinge when a predetermined force is applied, wherein the first action point is located in a region within an outer circumference of the one side of the hinge in which friction occurs by contacting the main pedal arm and the hinge;

an auxiliary pedal arm which is coupled to another side of the hinge and rotates in a second direction in contact with a second action point of the other side of the hinge by an elastic force when the force applied to the main pedal arm is removed, wherein the second action point is located in a region within an outer circumference of the other side of the hinge in which friction occurs by contacting the auxiliary pedal arm and the hinge; and

a spring which is coupled to a bottom of one end of the auxiliary pedal arm and applies the elastic force to the auxiliary pedal arm;

wherein the housing comprises a first housing and a second housing, and wherein a protrusion to which the hinge is coupled is formed inside the first housing; and

wherein a groove is formed on at least one side of the protrusion in a longitudinal direction of the protrusion, and wherein a projection which is inserted into the groove of the protrusion is formed inside the hinge.

10. The accelerator pedal for a vehicle of claim 9, wherein the main pedal arm transmits the force to the auxiliary pedal arm while rotating in the first direction in contact with the first action point of the hinge, so that the spring coupled to the bottom of one end of the auxiliary pedal arm is compressed.

11. The accelerator pedal for a vehicle of claim 9, wherein the auxiliary pedal arm transmits the force to the main pedal arm while rotating in the second direction in contact with the second action point of the hinge by the elastic force of the coupled spring.