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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2002
Tsutomu Aoki, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Mizuma, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Sadahiro Kawahara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A brake pedal apparatus for an automotive vehicle is disclosed as including a pedal bracket , a pivot bracket , a slide plate fixedly secured to a vehicular body structural member , and an impact absorbing section located between the pedal bracket and the slide plate. During a frontal collision of a vehicle, the impact absorbing section allows the pedal bracket to be contracted and deformed into a position wherein a pedal arm is retracted in a forward direction of the vehicle whereby even when a master vac. is retracted in the forward direction or even when a dash floor panel is deformed into a vehicle compartment with a resultant rearward movement of a push rod , a depressing position of the pedal arm remains in a position to avoid a differential feeling touch to be applied to a vehicle driver.