JP2003223233A - Automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make pedals such as a brake pedal easily attachable to a body, in an effortless posture of an attaching worker. <P>SOLUTION: Both end parts in the vertical direction of a steering beam 6 are attached to the automobile body (not shown). A bracket 7 is attached to the steering beam 6. A column support part 7a, a first pedal support part 7b, a second pedal support part 7c and a booster 7d are attached to the bracket 7. In the column support part 7a, a steering column, through which a steering shaft is inserted through to be able to be rotated, is attached (not shown). In the first pedal support part 7b, each of the top end parts of an accelerator pedal 12 and a brake pedal 13 are attached rotatably. In the second pedal support part 7c, the top end part of a clutch pedal 14 is attached rotatably. In the booster support part 7d, a brake booster 15 is attached. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automobile having various pedals such as an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal arranged in a lower front portion of a driver's seat.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in automobiles such as passenger cars,
An accelerator pedal, a brake pedal, a clutch pedal, or a parking brake pedal is arranged in the lower front part of the driver's seat, and the upper end of each pedal is rotatably attached to the body.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional automobile, when each pedal such as the accelerator pedal is attached to the body, since the pedals are arranged in the lower front part of the driver's seat, the operator is not able to use the lower part of the body. There was a problem in that it was difficult to work because it was necessary to carry out the installation work in an uncomfortable posture, such as getting stuck in the floor or sticking to the floor.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a body and a steering beam having both left and right ends attached to the body and rotatably supporting a steering shaft. In a vehicle having a plurality of foot pedals each having an upper end rotatably attached to the body, at least one pedal of the plurality of foot pedals is pivoted to the body via the steering shaft. It is characterized by being installed as much as possible. In this case, the body has a toe board that separates the engine room side from the vehicle compartment side, and the brake booster that increases the braking force according to the depression amount of the brake pedal, which is one of the foot pedals, is the toe board. It is desirable to be located on the passenger compartment side. The brake booster is preferably attached to the steering beam. It is desirable that the brake booster is also attached to the toe board. It is preferable that the brake pedal is rotatably attached to the steering beam, and the brake booster is disposed rearward of a position where the brake pedal is attached to the steering beam.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows a main part of an automobile according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a body of the automobile. The internal space surrounded by the body 1 has an engine room 2 located on the front side (left side in FIG. 1) of the vehicle and a vehicle room 3 located on the rear side (right side in FIG. 1) of the vehicle. The room 2 and the passenger compartment 3 are divided into front and rear by a toe board 1a which is a part of the body 1. An accommodation space 5 defined by the toe board 1 a and the instrument panel 4 is provided in a front portion of the vehicle interior 3.

Inside the accommodation space 5, a steering beam 6 whose longitudinal direction is oriented in the left-right direction is arranged substantially horizontally. Both ends of the steering beam 6 are attached to both sides of the body 1 via flanges (not shown). A bracket 7 is provided on the steering beam 6. As shown in FIG. 2, the bracket 7
Has a column support portion 7a, a first pedal support portion 7b, a second pedal support portion 7c and a booster support portion 7d, and the front end portion of the bracket 7 is screwed and fixed to the surface of the toe board 1a facing the vehicle compartment 3. Has been done. That is, the front end of the bracket 7 is supported by the toe board 1a.

The column support portion 7a is a driver's seat (not shown).
It is located in front of. A steering column 8 (see FIG. 1) is fixed to the column support portion 7a. A steering shaft 9 is rotatably inserted in the steering column 8. A steering wheel (handle) 10 is connected and fixed to a rear end portion of the steering shaft 9 which faces the vehicle interior 3. The front end of the steering shaft 10 protruding from the steering column 9 is
It is connected to the left and right front wheels 11 via a steering gear box (not shown) or the like. Therefore, when the steering wheel 10 is rotated in the forward and reverse directions, the directions of the left and right front wheels 11 are changed in the left and right directions.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first pedal support portion 7b has a right-hand drive because the automobile of this embodiment has a right-hand drive.
It is arranged on the right side of the column support portion 7a. When the vehicle has a left-hand drive, the first pedal support portion 7b is arranged on the left side of the column support portion 7a. In any case,
The first pedal support portion 7b is arranged in front of the column support portion 7a and the booster support portion 7d. Upper ends of an accelerator pedal (foot pedal) 12 and a brake pedal (foot pedal) 13 are rotatably attached to the first pedal support portion 7b. In other words, accelerator pedal 1
The upper ends of the brake pedal 2 and the brake pedal 13 are rotatably attached to the body 1 via the steering beam 6 and the bracket 7.

The second pedal support portion 7c is arranged substantially at the same position as the column support portion 7a in the left-right direction, and is arranged substantially at the same position as the first pedal support portion 7b in the front-rear direction. Since the vehicle of this embodiment is a manual vehicle, the upper end of the clutch pedal (foot pedal) 14 is rotatably attached to the second pedal support portion 7c. When the vehicle to which the invention is applied is an automatic vehicle, an upper end of a parking brake pedal (not shown), which is a kind of a foot pedal, is rotatably attached instead of the clutch pedal 14. As will be apparent from this, the upper end of the clutch pedal 14 or the parking brake pedal is also rotatably attached to the body 1 via the steering beam 6 and the bracket 7.

The booster support portion 7d is disposed between the steering beam 6 and the first pedal support portion 7b in the front-rear direction. That is, it is arranged rearward of the first pedal support portion 7b. The booster support portion 7d is arranged above the first pedal support portion 7b in the vertical direction.
The front portion of the booster support portion 7d is connected and fixed to the upper end portion of the toe board 1a by a bolt or the like. A brake booster 15 is attached to the booster support portion 8d. Therefore, as is apparent from FIG. 1, the brake booster 15 is located diagonally above and rearward of the brake pedal 13, particularly diagonally above and rearward of the attachment shaft (attachment position) 13a for rotatably attaching the brake pedal 13 to the steering beam 6. It is arranged. The operation shaft 15 a of the brake booster 15 is connected to the upper end of the brake pedal 13. Therefore, when the brake pedal 13 is depressed, the brake booster 15 operates in conjunction with this,
The braking force of the brake mechanism (not shown) is applied to the brake pedal 1.
The braking force is increased to a value equal to or greater than the braking force corresponding to the depression amount of 3.

In the automobile having the above structure, the accelerator pedal 12, the brake pedal 13, and the clutch pedal 14, which are pedals, are attached to the steering beam 6 via the bracket 7, so that the pedals 12 to 1 are provided.
If 4 is attached to the steering beam 6 in advance, the pedals 12 to 14 can be attached to the body 1 only by attaching the steering beam 6 to the body 1.
Therefore, it is not necessary to attach the pedals 12 to 14 to the body 1 in an unreasonable posture. In addition, the steering beam 6 is attached to the bracket 7 of the pedals 12 to 14 (this attachment position is substantially the same as the attachment position when the pedals 12 to 14 are directly attached to the body 1 in the vertical direction). ), The steering beam 6 can be attached to the body 1 in a comfortable posture. Therefore, as compared with the case where the pedals 12 to 14 are attached to the body 1, the pedals 12 to 14 can be easily attached and the labor required for the attachment can be significantly reduced.

In addition, in order to increase the mounting strength of the pedals 12 to 14, it may be necessary to fix the first pedal support portion 7b and the second pedal support portion 7c to the toe board 1a with bolts or the like. Even in such a case, since the support portions 7b and 7c are attached to the steering beam 6, the number of bolts required to attach the support portions 7b and 7c to the toe board 1a, and the support portions 7b and 7c are It is possible to reduce the number of bolts required when attaching only to the toe board 1a.
Therefore, also in this case, the pedals 12 to 14 can be easily attached.

Further, since the brake booster 15 is attached to the steering beam 6, it is possible to save the labor for attaching the brake booster 15 to the body 1 and to easily attach it. Moreover, in the conventional vehicle, since the brake booster 15 is arranged on the engine room 2 side, at the time of a collision, the brake booster 15 is pushed to the vehicle compartment 3 side by the engine and moves rearward, so that the brake booster operates the brake pedal 13. Can be moved backwards. This may cause a large input to the lower limbs of the occupant. In that regard, in this car, the brake booster 15 has a toe board 1
Since the brake booster 15 is arranged rearward of a, the engine does not move the brake booster 15 rearward at the time of a collision. Even if the brake booster 15 is moved rearward, the brake booster 15 is arranged behind the brake pedal 13, so that the brake pedal 13 is not moved rearward. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a large input from acting on the lower limbs of the occupant.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified as appropriate. For example, in the above embodiment, the brake booster 15 is arranged between the steering beam 6 and the brake pedal 13, but it may be arranged behind the steering beam 6.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily attach a pedal such as a brake pedal to the body in a comfortable posture.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a main part of an automobile according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the main configuration of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 body 6 steering beam 7 bracket 7a Column support 7b 1st pedal support part 7c Second pedal support part 7d booster support 9 Steering shaft 12 Accelerator pedal (foot pedal) 13 Brake pedal (foot pedal) 14 Clutch pedal (foot pedal) 15 brake booster

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Kazuyoshi Nakano             2-1-1 Taoyuan, Ikeda-shi, Osaka Daiha             Tsu Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Tsuyoshi Nishimura             330 Yura, Ota City, Gunma Shigeru Industrial Stock Association             In-house F-term (reference) 3D003 AA05 AA18 BB01 CA09 DA08                       DA09                 3D048 BB01 BB52 BB53 BB54 KK02                       KK04 KK07                 3J070 AA32 BA32 BA41 BA71 BA81                       CB37 CC02 CC61 DA02 EA31

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A body, a steering beam rotatably supporting both ends of the body in the left-right direction, and a steering beam for rotatably supporting a steering shaft, and a plurality of upper ends rotatably attached to the body. A vehicle provided with a foot pedal, wherein at least one pedal of the plurality of foot pedals is rotatably attached to the body via the steering shaft. 2. A brake booster for increasing the braking force according to the amount of depression of a brake pedal, which is one of the foot pedals, wherein the body has a toe board that separates the engine room side from the vehicle compartment side. The automobile according to claim 1, wherein the automobile is arranged on a passenger compartment side of the toe board. 3. The vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the brake booster is attached to the steering beam. 4. The vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the brake booster is attached to the toe board. 5. The brake pedal is rotatably attached to the steering beam, and the brake booster is arranged rearward of a position where the brake pedal is attached to the steering beam. The vehicle according to 3 or 4.