Pedal bracket assembly and method of installing same on structural body

• US 4,819,500 A
• Filed: 03/04/1987
• Issued: 04/11/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Musumiya, Raita, Minakawa, Masaaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Gary L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Luong, Vinh
• Application Number:
  US07/021,696
• Time in Patent Office: 769 Days
• Field of Search: 74/512, 74/513, 74/514, 74/560, 74/561, 74/562, 74/563, 74/564
• US Class Current: 74/513
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 1/46 Means, e.g. links, for connecting the pedal to the controlled unit
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20528 Foot operated
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20534 Accelerator
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20888 Pedals

Abstract

A pedal bracket assembly for installation on a structural body having a vertical member and a transverse member projecting transversely from the vertical member includes a support member having vertical flanges adapted to be fastened to the vertical member and side walls joined to the vertical flanges and extending vertically, a pedal pivotally coupled to the side walls, and a holder member having a first adjustable component connectable to the transverse member with first bolts and first nuts for positional adjustment in a first direction in which the transverse member projects, and second adjustable components connectable to the side walls with second bolts and second nuts for positional adjustment in a second direction normal to the transverse member.

Claims

1. A pedal bracket assembly for installation on a structural body having a vertical member and a transverse member projecting transversely from the vertical member, the pedal bracket assembly comprising:

a support member having vertical flanges adapted to be fastened to the vertical member of the structural body and side walls joined to said vertical flanges and extending vertically;

a pedal pivotally coupled to said side walls; and

a holder member having first adjustable means adapted to be connected to the transverse member of the structural body with first bolts and first nuts for positional adjustment in a first direction in which the transverse member projects, and second adjustable means adapted to be connected to said side walls with second bolts and second nuts for positional adjustment in a second direction normal to the transverse member.

2. A pedal bracket assembly according to claim 1, wherein said first adjustable means comprises a plate-like main member having first oblong holes for insertion of said first bolts respectively therethrough, said first oblong holes being positioned for substantial registration with first circular holes defined in the transverse member, said first oblong holes being elongate in said first direction.

3. A pedal bracket assembly according to claim 2, wherein said second adjustable means comprises plate-like legs having second oblong holes for insertion of said second bolts respectively therethrough, said second oblong holes being positioned for substantial registration with second circular holes defined in said side walls, said second oblong holes being elongate in a direction normal to said main member.

4. A structural body and a pedal bracket assembly for installation on the structural body, comprising:

a structural body having a vertical member and a transverse member projecting transversely from the vertical member;

a support member having vertical flanges adapted to be fastened to the vertical member of the structural body and side walls joined to said vertical flanges and extending vertically;

a pedal pivotally coupled to said side walls; and

a holder member having first adjustable means adapted to be connected to the transverse member of the structural body with first bolts and first nuts for positional adjustment in a first direction in which the transverse member projects, and a second adjustable means adapted to be connected to said side walls with second bolts and second nuts for positional adjustment in a second direction normal to the transverse member.

5. Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said first adjustable means comprises a plate-like main member having first oblong holes for insertion of said first bolts respectively therethrough, said first oblong holes being positioned for substantial registration with first circular holes defined in the transverse member, said first oblong holes being elongate in said first direction.

6. Apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said second adjustable means comprises plate-like legs having second oblong holes for insertion of said second bolts respectively therethrough, said second oblong holes being positioned for substantial registration with second circular holes defined in said side walls, said second oblong holes being elongate in a direction normal to said main member.