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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2010
Tsuyoshi Osawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Kumamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshitomo Fukushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouji Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Kawade, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromutsu Touhachi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Osawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Kumamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshitomo Fukushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouji Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Kawade, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromutsu Touhachi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mikuni Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An accelerator pedal apparatus includes a pedal arm rotating around a first rotation axis line and having a contact portion, a return spring and a reaction force adding mechanism including a drive source and a rotation member rotating around a second rotation axis line in a state of being contacted to the contact portion which adds reaction force to return the pedal arm toward the rest position. A first distance from the contact position of the rotation member with the contact portion to the first rotation axis line is longer than a second distance to the second rotation axis line. The rotation member includes a contact section having the contact portion displaced while being contacted so that the contact portion is to be closer to the second rotation axis line when rotating toward the maximum depression position and to be farther from the second rotation axis line when rotating toward the rest position.