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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
May. 17, 2005
Masahiro Egami, Yokosuka, JP;
Masahiro Egami, Yokosuka, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An accelerator pedal device includes: an accelerator pedal; a reaction force application device that applies a reaction force to the accelerator pedal; and a selection device that selects a characteristic between a first characteristic according to a running situation of a subject vehicle and a second characteristic specified regardless of the running situation of the subject vehicle. The first characteristic and the second characteristic each is a characteristic indicating a relationship between an amount of stepping upon of the accelerator pedal and the reaction force to be applied. The reaction force application device applies the reaction force to the accelerator pedal based upon the characteristic selected by the selection device.