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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
May. 10, 2001
Martin Mueller, Friolzheim, DE;
Dieter Papenhagen, Winnenden, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A safety device is here described for supporting pedals in motor vehicles, especially passenger cars, with a bracket support arranged in the area of a wall area of a splash wall or bulkhead that is noticeably deformed into a passenger compartment in the event of a vehicle head-on collision, in which bracket support a pedal pivot shaft of at least one swivelling pedal, especially a brake pedal, acting on a push rod is mounted. At the same time the pedal pivot shaft is mounted in the bracket support in a guide extending at least basically horizontally, the guide has limits in each horizontal direction. In addition the pedal pivot shaft in normal operation is fixed in a forward position of the guide, viewed in the forward direction of travel, and the fixing is neutralized in the event of a head-on collision.