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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2009
Eunsik Kim, Daegu, KR;
Sungil Byun, Daegu, KR;
Jihun Kim, Daegu, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd., Daegu, KR;
Abstract
A brake pedal device of reducing a collision injury in a vehicle, may include a brake pedal including a hitching slot at an end portion thereof, a brake switch bracket, a first portion of which is pivotally coupled to the brake pedal by a hinge shaft, a pedal mounting bracket mounted to a vehicle body, wherein a second portion of the brake switch bracket is pivotally coupled to the pedal mounting bracket by a stopper shaft, wherein the stopper shaft of the pedal mounting bracket and the hitching slot of the brake pedal are selectively coupled to hinder rotation of the brake pedal toward a driver with respect to the hinge shaft when a collision force equal to or greater than a predetermined load is applied to the vehicle, and coupling members coupling the pedal mounting bracket and the brake switch bracket and being decoupled when the collision force is applied to the vehicle.