CN211731346U

CN211731346U - Pedal assembly and vehicle

Info

Publication number: CN211731346U
Application number: CN201922462264.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王宁刚
Original assignee: BYD Co Ltd
Current assignee: BYD Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-12-31
Filing date: 2019-12-31
Publication date: 2020-10-23
Anticipated expiration: 2029-12-31

Abstract

The utility model relates to a footboard assembly and vehicle, the footboard assembly includes first support, second support and footboard, the one end of footboard with first support swing joint, the second support is connected with the preceding bounding wall of vehicle, the butt is extended to the one end of second support the footboard, the second support is relative first support promotes when moving towards passenger cabin direction the footboard removes and makes the footboard with first support disconnection. Through above-mentioned technical scheme, when the vehicle bumps, when the preceding bounding wall of vehicle invaded towards passenger cabin direction, drive the second support and move to passenger cabin direction, the second support with footboard butt department promotes the footboard and removes, makes footboard and first support disconnection, and the one end of footboard arm becomes the free end, avoids footboard arm upward movement, reduces the injury to driver's shank.

Description

Pedal assembly and vehicle

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of vehicle technologies, and in particular, to a pedal assembly and a vehicle using the same.

Background

With the rapid development of the automobile industry, the safety of automobiles is more and more concerned by consumers, and the collision test score of the automobiles is used as an important evaluation parameter of the performance index of the automobiles. When a vehicle has serious forward collision, the front cabin of the vehicle can deform to invade towards the direction of the passenger cabin, large displacement occurs, the push rod of the vacuum booster can drive the brake pedal arm to move backwards at the same time, and the legs of the driver are easily injured.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The pedal assembly is used for preventing the pedal arm from moving upwards and reducing the injury to the legs of a driver when the vehicle is collided.

In order to achieve the above object, the present disclosure provides a pedal assembly, which includes a first bracket, a second bracket and a pedal, wherein one end of the pedal is movably connected to the first bracket, the second bracket is connected to a front panel of a vehicle, one end of the second bracket extends to abut against the pedal, and the second bracket pushes the pedal to move when moving towards a passenger compartment direction relative to the first bracket, so that the pedal is disconnected from the first bracket.

Optionally, an open slot is formed in the first support, and one end of the pedal is clamped in the open slot.

Optionally, the first bracket includes a mounting seat, and a first side plate and a second side plate that are disposed at an end of the mounting seat and extend obliquely upward toward one side of the passenger compartment, the mounting seat is used for being connected with a front wall plate of a vehicle, a first connection hole for a vacuum boosting push rod to pass through is disposed on the mounting seat, and the first side plate and the second side plate are respectively provided with the open slot.

Optionally, the footboard includes the footboard arm, footboard arm one end sets up connecting portion, and the other end is provided with the footboard face, connecting portion are provided with the second connecting hole, and articulated bolt passes the open slot of first curb plate in proper order the open slot of second connecting hole and second curb plate is realized the footboard with the connection of first support, second support butt is in connecting portion.

Optionally, the second bracket includes a bottom plate, and a third side plate and a fourth side plate that are arranged on two sides of the bottom plate and extend perpendicularly to the bottom plate, the third side plate and the fourth side plate include a first section, a second section, and a third section, the first section and the second section are connected to the bottom plate, a first concave portion is formed between the third section and the first section, a second concave portion is formed between the third section and the second section, and the first concave portion abuts against the pedal.

Optionally, the third sections of the third side plate and the fourth side plate of the second bracket are respectively rotatably connected with the first side plate and the second side plate of the first bracket.

Optionally, waist-shaped holes are formed in the first side plate and the second side plate, the second support is connected with the waist-shaped holes through first connecting pins, and when the second support moves towards the passenger compartment direction relative to the first support, the first connecting pins move in the waist-shaped holes.

Optionally, the second bracket is disposed inside the first bracket, and the second bracket is connected to the first side plate and the second side plate of the first bracket by rivets.

In above-mentioned technical scheme, the footboard assembly sets up two supports, and when the vehicle collided, the preceding bounding wall of vehicle invaded towards passenger compartment direction, drove the second support and moved to passenger compartment direction, and the second support is in footboard butt department promotes the footboard and removes, makes footboard and first support disconnection, and the one end of pedal arm becomes the free end, avoids pedal arm upward movement, reduces the injury to driver's shank.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a vehicle is provided that includes the pedal assembly described above.

Optionally, the vehicle further comprises a vacuum boosting assembly, a front wall plate and a tubular beam, wherein a vacuum boosting push rod of the vacuum boosting assembly penetrates through a first connecting hole of the pedal assembly to be rotatably connected with the pedal arm, the first bracket is connected with the front wall plate of the vehicle, and second sections of two T-shaped side plates of the second bracket are arranged in a gap mode with the tubular beam.

According to this disclosed vehicle, when the preceding bounding wall of vehicle collision vehicle invaded towards passenger compartment direction, drive the second support and move to passenger compartment direction, the second support is in footboard butt position can promote the footboard removal, makes footboard and first support disconnection, and the one end of footboard arm becomes the free end, avoids the footboard arm upward movement, reduces the injury to driver's shank.

Additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present disclosure.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a pedal assembly installation according to one embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of one embodiment of the pedal assembly of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a pedal assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure (lock nut omitted);

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a pedal assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure (omitting a lock nut and a first frame portion structure);

FIG. 5 is another perspective view illustration of the installation of a pedal assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Reference numerals:

100-a pedal assembly; 1-a first scaffold; 11-a mounting seat; 12-a first side panel; 13-a second side panel; 14-an open slot; 15-a first connection hole; 16-kidney shaped hole; 2-a second scaffold; 21-a bottom plate; 22-a third side panel; 23-a fourth side panel; 25-first stage; 26-a second section; 27-the third section; 28-a first recess; 3-a pedal; 31-pedal arm; 311-tread surface; 312-a connecting portion; 313-second attachment hole; 314-third connection hole; 4-a dash panel; 5-a vacuum booster assembly; 51-vacuum boosting push rod; 6-a tubular beam; 7-a first connecting pin; 8-riveting; 9-locking the nut; 10-a hinge bolt; 20-stop lamp sensor.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the present embodiments of the present disclosure, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present disclosure, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.

In the present disclosure, unless otherwise stated, the terms of orientation such as "up, down, left, and right" are used with respect to the normal running state of the vehicle, and specifically, when the vehicle is running normally, the direction toward the ceiling is "up", the direction toward the floor is "down", the direction toward the left wheel is "left", the direction toward the right wheel is "right", and "inside and outside" refer to the inside and outside of the outline of the corresponding component.

The pedal assembly and the vehicle of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with the embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the present disclosure provides a pedal assembly 100, where the pedal assembly 100 includes a first bracket 1, a second bracket 2, and a pedal 3, one end of the pedal 3 is movably connected to the first bracket 1, the second bracket 2 is connected to a dash panel 4 of a vehicle, one end of the second bracket 2 extends to abut against the pedal 3, and the second bracket 2 pushes the pedal 3 to move when moving towards a passenger compartment direction relative to the first bracket 1, so that the pedal 3 is disconnected from the first bracket 1. Particularly, second support 2 of footboard assembly passes through preceding bounding wall 4 fixed connection of bolt and vehicle, footboard arm 31 one end of footboard 3 with but first support 1 joint and relative rotation, the bottom and the footboard arm 31 butt of second support 2 are provided with two supports according to the footboard assembly of this disclosure, and when the vehicle collided, when preceding bounding wall 4 of vehicle invaded towards passenger compartment direction, drive second support 2 and move to passenger compartment direction, second support 2 was in the position of footboard butt department can promote footboard 3 and take place to remove, makes footboard 3 and 1 disconnection of first support, and the one end of the footboard arm becomes the free end, avoids the footboard arm upward movement, reduces the injury to driver's shank. It will be appreciated that the pedal 3 may be a brake pedal.

As shown in fig. 2, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first bracket 1 is provided with an open slot 14, one end of a pedal arm 31 of the pedal is clamped in the open slot 14, an opening direction of the open slot 14 faces to a passenger compartment, in order to ensure that the pedal arm 31 is installed firmly and avoid the pedal arm 31 from falling off when no collision occurs, a width of an opening position of the open slot 14 is smaller than a width of an installation position of the pedal arm, that is, a position size of the opening is minimum.

As shown in fig. 2 to 4, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first bracket 1 includes a mounting seat 11 and a first side plate 12 and a second side plate 13 disposed at an end of the mounting seat 11 and extending obliquely upward toward a passenger compartment side, the mounting seat 11 is configured to be connected to a dash panel 4 of a vehicle, a first connection hole 15 is disposed on the mounting seat 11 and used for a vacuum boost push rod 51 to pass through, the first side plate 12 and the second side plate 12 are respectively provided with the open slot 14, the mounting seat 11 is fixedly connected to the dash panel 4 through a bolt, the first bracket 1 may be integrally formed or may be a split structure, and when the first bracket 1 is a split structure, the first side plate 12 and the second side plate 13 are welded to the mounting seat 11.

As shown in fig. 1, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the pedal 3 includes a pedal arm 31, one end of the pedal arm 31 is provided with a connecting portion 312, the other end of the pedal arm is provided with a pedal face 311, the connecting portion 312 is provided with a second connecting hole 313, the hinge bolt 10 sequentially passes through the open slot 14 of the first side plate 12, the open slot 14 of the second connecting hole 313 and the open slot 14 of the second side plate 13 to realize the connection of the pedal with the first bracket, the second bracket 2 abuts against the connecting portion 312, according to the pedal assembly of the present disclosure, one end of the pedal arm 31 is provided with the connecting portion 312 having a through hole, and the hinge bolt 10 sequentially passes through the open slot 14 of the first side plate 12, the open slot 14 of the second connecting hole 313 and the open slot 14 of the second.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the second bracket 2 includes a bottom plate 21 and third and fourth side plates 22 and 23 arranged on both sides of the bottom plate 21 and extending perpendicularly to the bottom plate, the third and fourth side plates 22 and 23 include first, second, and

third sections

25, 26, and 27, the first and

second sections

25 and 26 are connected to the bottom plate 21, a first recess 28 is formed between the third section 27 and the first section 25, a second recess is formed between the third section 27 and the second section 26, the first recess 28 abuts against the pedal, specifically, the second bracket 2 is bolted to the dash panel 4 via the bottom plate 21, the first recess 28 abuts against the connecting portion 312 of the pedal arm 31, when the second bracket 2 moves, the first recess 28 pushes the connecting portion 312 to move, the second bracket 2 is arranged inside the first bracket 1, the third side plate 22 is attached to the first side plate 12, and the fourth side plate 23 is attached to the second side plate 13.

As shown in fig. 2 to 4, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in order to better push the connecting portion 312 of the pedal arm 31 to move by the movement of the second bracket 2, so as to ensure that the pedal arm 31 is pulled out from the first bracket 1 in case of a collision, the third sections 27 of the third and fourth side plates 22 and 23 of the second bracket 2 are respectively and rotatably connected with the first and

second side plates

12 and 13 of the first bracket 1, according to the pedal assembly of the present disclosure, the third sections 27 of the third and fourth side plates 22 and 23 are rotatably connected with the first and

second side plates

12 and 13 by the hinge bolt 10, when the second bracket 2 intrudes into the passenger compartment, the second bracket 2 rotates relative to the first bracket 1 around the hinge bolt 10, and the first concave portion 28 effectively pushes the pedal arm 31 to move.

As shown in fig. 2 to 4, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in order to guide and limit the movement direction of the second bracket 2 around the first bracket, a waist-shaped hole 16 is provided on the first side plate 12 and the second side plate 13, the second bracket 2 is connected to the waist-shaped hole 16 through a first connecting pin 7, when the second bracket 2 moves towards the passenger compartment relative to the first bracket 1, the first connecting pin 7 moves in the waist-shaped hole, according to the pedal assembly of the present disclosure, when the second bracket 2 moves, the waist-shaped hole 16 can guide and limit the movement of the second bracket, and it is ensured that the abutting position of the second bracket 2 and the pedal arm 31 can effectively push the pedal arm 31 to be disconnected from the first bracket, specifically, the first connecting pin 7 is provided on the bottom plate 21.

As shown in fig. 1 and 5, in order to avoid connection failure between the pedal arm 31 and the first bracket 1 caused by impact collision in the transportation or assembly process, the pedal arm 31 is mistakenly dropped from the open slot 14, the second bracket 2 is connected with the first side plate 12 and the second side plate 13 of the first bracket 1 through the rivet 8 to form weak fixed connection, when the front panel 4 is invaded towards the passenger compartment during collision and the second bracket 2 is pushed to move, the rivet 8 is sheared to fail, three connection positions of the second bracket and the first bracket of the pedal assembly are not on the same straight line, and the reliability of the structure of the pedal assembly 100 is ensured.

It will be appreciated that the pedal assembly of the present disclosure further includes a stop light sensor 20, the stop light sensor 30 being connected to the pedal arm 31 by a connecting bracket.

According to the pedal arm and first support body hinged rotating shaft, the pedal arm is provided with the proper simple mechanical structures such as the notch and the like, the pedal arm is free to fall off in collision by applying the lever and the mechanical principle, rigid connection is changed into flexible connection, the mechanical structure is simple and compact, the weight is light, the work is reliable, the cost is low, the pedal arm and first support body hinged rotating shaft is widely applied to various vehicles, and the injury to a driver in the collision process is effectively avoided.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a vehicle is provided, which includes the pedal assembly 100 as described above, when a dash panel of the vehicle collides with the vehicle and penetrates toward a passenger compartment, the second bracket is driven to move toward the passenger compartment, the second bracket pushes the pedal to move at a position where the pedal abuts against a joint of the first bracket and the pedal, so that the pedal is disconnected from the first bracket, one end of the pedal arm becomes a free end, the pedal arm is prevented from moving upward, and injury to a leg of a driver is reduced.

As an embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, 2 and 5, the vehicle further includes a vacuum assist assembly 5, a dash panel 4 and a tubular beam 6, wherein a vacuum assist push rod 51 of the vacuum assist assembly 5 is rotatably connected to the pedal arm 31 through a first connection hole 15 of the pedal assembly 100, the first bracket 1 is connected to the dash panel 4 of the vehicle, and the second sections 26 of the two "T" shaped side panels of the second bracket 2 are arranged in a gap with the tubular beam 6. Specifically, the vacuum boosting push rod 51 passes through the first connection hole 15 of the mounting seat 11 and then is rotatably connected with the third connection hole 314 in the middle of the pedal arm 31, the mounting seat 11 of the first bracket 1 is fixedly connected with the front dash panel 4 through a bolt, the upper portion of the second bracket 2, i.e., the second sections 26 of the two T-shaped side panels, are arranged between the tubular beam 6 and the front dash panel 4 and are arranged with a gap with the tubular beam 6, the gap can be set to be 3-5mm, the tubular beam 6 is the tubular beam of the instrument desk, according to the vehicle disclosed by the disclosure, when the vehicle collides, the power assembly and the transmission booster of the front cabin can be displaced backwards, the vacuum booster assembly 5 can be subjected to a backward impact force F, after the cavity structure of the vacuum booster assembly absorbs part of energy, the front dash panel 4 invades towards the passenger cabin, and pushes the second bracket 2 to move towards the passenger cabin, the gap between the top of the second bracket 2 and the tubular beam 6 is reduced, the top of the second bracket 2, namely the second sections 26 of the two T-shaped side plates of the second bracket 2 are impacted with the static tubular beam, the rivet 8 connected with the first bracket 2 by the second bracket 2 is broken due to the movement of the second bracket, meanwhile, the second bracket 2 rotates around the pin shaft connected with the first bracket 1, the first concave part 28 of the second bracket 2 pushes the pedal arm 31 to move so that the pedal arm 31 is separated from the open slot 14, the pedal arm 31 is enabled to form movable free connection, and the injury of the pedal arm 31 to the legs of a driver is avoided.

The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solution of the present disclosure within the technical idea of the present disclosure, and these simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure. It should be noted that, in the foregoing embodiments, various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various combinations that are possible in the present disclosure are not described again.

In the present disclosure, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integral; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present disclosure can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

In addition, any combination of various embodiments of the present disclosure may be made, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present disclosure, as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A pedal assembly, comprising: the automobile front bumper comprises a first support, a second support and a pedal, wherein one end of the pedal is movably connected with the first support, the second support is connected with a front wall plate of a vehicle, one end of the second support extends to abut against the pedal, and the second support pushes the pedal to move relative to the first support when moving towards the direction of a passenger cabin so as to disconnect the pedal from the first support.

2. The pedal assembly of claim 1 wherein: an open slot is formed in the first support, and one end of the pedal is clamped in the open slot.

3. The pedal assembly of claim 2 wherein: the first support comprises a mounting seat and a first side plate and a second side plate, the first side plate and the second side plate extend upwards from the end of the mounting seat towards one side of a passenger compartment in an inclined mode, the mounting seat is used for being connected with a front wall plate of a vehicle, a first connecting hole used for a vacuum boosting push rod to penetrate is formed in the mounting seat, and the first side plate and the second side plate are respectively provided with the open slot.

4. The pedal assembly of claim 3 wherein: the footboard includes the footboard arm, footboard arm one end sets up connecting portion, and the other end is provided with the footboard face, connecting portion are provided with the second connecting hole, and articulated bolt passes the open slot of first curb plate in proper order the open slot of second connecting hole and second curb plate is realized the footboard with the connection of first support, second support butt is in connecting portion.

5. The pedal assembly of any one of claims 1 through 4 wherein: the second support comprises a bottom plate, and a T-shaped third side plate and a T-shaped fourth side plate which are arranged on two sides of the bottom plate and extend perpendicular to the bottom plate, the third side plate and the fourth side plate comprise a first section, a second section and a third section, the first section and the second section are connected with the bottom plate, a first concave portion is formed between the third section and the first section, a second concave portion is formed between the third section and the second section, and the first concave portion is abutted to the pedal.

6. The pedal assembly of claim 5 wherein: and the third sections of the third side plate and the fourth side plate of the second support are respectively and rotatably connected with the first side plate and the second side plate of the first support.

7. The pedal assembly of claim 6 wherein: the first side plate and the second side plate are provided with waist-shaped holes, the second support is connected with the waist-shaped holes through first connecting pins, and when the second support moves towards the direction of the passenger compartment, the first connecting pins move in the waist-shaped holes.

8. The pedal assembly of claim 7 wherein: the second support is arranged on the inner side of the first support, and the second support is connected with the first side plate and the second side plate of the first support through rivets.

9. A vehicle, characterized in that: the vehicle is provided with a pedal assembly according to any one of claims 1-8.

10. The vehicle of claim 9, further comprising a vacuum assist assembly, a dash panel, and a tubular beam, wherein a vacuum assist push rod of the vacuum assist assembly is pivotally connected to the pedal arm through a first connection hole of the pedal assembly, the first bracket is connected to the dash panel of the vehicle, and a second section of the two "T" shaped side panels of the second bracket is spaced apart from the tubular beam.