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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2008
Noboru Fujiwara, Toyota, JP;
Noboru Fujiwara, Toyota, JP;
Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd., Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A load-sensor-equipped vehicle operating pedal device includes a load sensor () having a case member () formed with a pair of mounting wall portions () converged in a convex shape at a predetermined apex angle α. The pair of mounting wall portions () are held in surface contact with a pair of rest surfaces (), formed in a sensor-mounting hole () in a fixed and positioned state. Thus, even if a direction of an input load (reactive force), applied to a clevis pin () varies with an operating pedalbeing progressively depressed, the pair of rest surfaces () always bear the input load via the pair of mounting wall portions (). This suppresses the case member () from flexure deforming due to stress concentration. As a result, positional displacement of a sensor is prevented regardless of a variation in the direction of the input load, improving detecting precision.