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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Mikuni Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MIKUNI CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/30 (2008.04); G05G 5/03 (2008.04); G05G 1/44 (2008.04); G05G 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/44 (2013.01); G05G 5/03 (2013.01); G05G 5/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
This accelerator pedal device is provided with a pedal arm having an accelerator pedal, a housing that swingably supports the pedal arm, a slider that slides over the inner wall of the housing and that is pressed by the depressing of the accelerator pedal, a hysteresis-causing mechanism that includes a biasing spring for exerting biasing force through the slider so as to push back the pedal arm with and that causes hysteresis in the depressing force, and a return spring that exerts biasing force directly on the pedal arm in order to return the pedal arm to a rest position, the biasing spring and the return spring being disposed in the same area inside the housing.