Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Youichi Sugimoto

Shinichi Yone

Vehicular accelerator pedal device includes: a depression amount detection section for detecting an amount of depression, by a human operator, of an accelerator pedal and generating a depression amount signal; a throttle control section for controlling a throttle opening based upon the depression amount signal; a pedal reaction impartment section for imparting the accelerator pedal with a reaction force in accordance with the amount of depression; and a pedal reaction control section for, when operation has been performed for returning the pedal from a depressed position, controlling the reaction force based upon the amount of depression of the accelerator pedal.

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Wako, Japan

Youichi Sugimoto