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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
May. 15, 2024
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Soichi Kinouchi, Kariya, JP;
Yuusuke Yoshida, Kariya, JP;
Tetsuji Yamanaka, Kariya, JP;
Takuto Kita, Kariya, JP;
Yuta Fujinaka, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An accelerator device includes a pedal lever, a power transmission mechanism, and a control unit. The pedal lever is movable in response to a pedal depression operation, and is biased in a return direction by a pedal biasing member. The power transmission mechanism includes an actuator lever that is contactable with the pedal lever and is biased in the return direction of the pedal lever by an actuator lever biasing member, and is capable of applying a reaction force to the pedal lever, which is a force in the return direction by a driving force of a drive source via the actuator lever. The control unit controls energization of the drive source, and performs a brake control in which a return speed of the actuator lever is reduced when the pedal lever returns to a fully closed direction.