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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2003
Michael C. Strole, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Michael C. Strole, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Dura Global Technologies, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An arrangement and method for releasing an automotive pedal in a crash includes mounting a pedal pivot pin by separable housing pieces fit to the pin to support the pedal for normal operation. One of the housing pieces is hinged to be able to swing away when disconnected from the other housing piece in a crash to release the pedal. The housing pieces are held together by locking clips gripping abutting upper portions of the housing pieces, the clips in turn held in position by a blocking portion of a retainer which is shifted in a crash to allow the clips to disengage. The surfaces gripped by the clips are sloped so that a reaction force on the pin creates a disengaging force on the clips to produce a very rapid release of the clips when the retainer is shifted in a crash. The retainer is located in its clip retention position by locating elements which are sheared off in a crash.