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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2010
Yoshiro Himetani, Toyota, JP;
Nobuyuki Kawahara, Toyota, JP;
Yoshiro Himetani, Toyota, JP;
Nobuyuki Kawahara, Toyota, JP;
Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd., Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An operating pedal includes a joining portion at which a first member and a second member whose thickness is smaller than a thickness of the first member are overlapped with each other, and welded to each other along an end edge of the second member, a step portion being provided in the first member along the end edge of the second member by recessing a protruding portion that outwardly protrudes from the end edge so that the protruding portion is drawn back from the second member; and the first member and the second member being welded to each other at a portion extending from the end edge of the second member to the step portion of the first member.