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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2003
Tsuneyuki Yokochi, Obu, JP;
Ryuji Kosugi, Obu, JP;
Yasunori Yamada, Obu, JP;
Akihito Kuno, Obu, JP;
Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Obu, JP;
Abstract
An accelerator device includes an accelerator armprovided with an accelerator pedal, a support caseinternally holding and supporting an arm base partthrough a support shaft, a return springandfor urging the armto rotate in a returning direction to return the pedalto an initial position, and an accelerator sensorfor detecting a rotation amount of the armas an accelerator opening degree. A hysteresis producing mechanism includes friction piecesandattached to the arm base part. A curved contact surfaceof the friction pieceis held in contact with a contacted surfaceof a friction partof the support case. One end of the return springandis hooked in one end of the friction pieceand, and the other end of the springandis connected to the arm base partin order to press the contact surfaceandof the friction pieceandagainst the contacted surfaceof the friction part