GB1088392A - Means for mounting controls in a road vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

1,088,392. Mounting motor vehicle controls. JOSEPH LUCAS (INDUSTRIES) Ltd. Jan. 15, 1965 [Jan. 16, 1964], No. 1943/64. Heading B7H. A housing 10 for attachment to a bulkhead 11 of a motor vehicle supports both a steering wheel 24 in driving engagement, as through gears 25, 26, with a steering shaft 27 enclosed by the housing and a pivot shaft 44 for a control pedal 45 which is movable both in a direction towards and away from the steering wheel and in a perpendicular direction without affecting the means operated by the pedal. The tube 21 supporting the steering wheel (Fig. 2) is mounted for sliding movement in a tube 19 of the housing 10, is releasably held in position by a clamp 31 operated by a hand lever 32 and encloses the electrical leads for the direction indicator switch 20 which is controlled by a lever 30, and for the switches 35 mounted on a control panel 34 above the steering wheel hub 23 for the lights and windscreen wipers and washer. The pivot shaft 44 is carried by a rod 43 which passes through a bearing 42 on a U- shaped bracket 41 and is pivoted to a slide 63 in a trough 36 on the housing 10. A bolt 29 prevents relative rotation of the tubes 19, 21. The pivot shaft 44, the pedal 45 and further control pedals 46 to 48 are moved towards and away from the steering wheel by movement of the slide 63 by linear movement of a handle 68 on a spindle 67 after releasing a spring catch 64 from locating slots 66 in the trough 36 by rotating the handle 68. The shaft 44 and the pedals are raised and lowered by pivoting the U-shaped bracket 41 about the axis of pivots 38, 39 by movement of a rod 68a (Fig. 3) by a handle 72 towards or away from the steering wheel in a flat tube 69 which has locating recesses 73. The brake pedal 47 is connected by a link 51 to a link 49 which is pivoted at 38 to the housing 10 and at its lower end to a rod 53 of a master cylinder 52. The clutch pedal 46 is similarly connected to a clutch operating means. The accelerator pedal 48 is connected by links 51 and 61 to a throttle cable 62, link 61 being pivoted to housing 10 between its ends, and the pedal 45 is connected by a link 57 to a ratchet type dipswitch 56. The rotary knob 83 operates a heater control and a lock 88 controls an ignition switch.