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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2013
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Jeong Seon Min, Gwangju, KR;
Yang Rae Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jee Hyuck Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Eun Sik Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ho Jin Choi, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A pedal apparatus for a vehicle includes: a pedal arm mounted on a vehicle body by a hinge shaft and having one end connected with a pedal and the other end where a rack gear is formed; a link arm having a pinion gear at one end that meshes with the rack gear to pivot on a center shaft of the pinion gear with respect to the pedal arm, and having the other end where a locking pin is formed; and a plate mounted on the vehicle body, the plate having a sliding groove where the locking pin of the link arm is inserted, in which ridges and depressions are formed at regular intervals in the sliding groove so that the locking pin slides step by step while being locked to the ridges and depressions.